cahiersvsclaviersWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“cahiers” and “claviers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,160
“cahiers” frequency rank
#16,834
“claviers” frequency rank
23994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cahiers claviers
Definition Pluriel de cahier. Pluriel de clavier.

Where the eye mixes cahiers and claviers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cahiers
8 ch
claviers

Look-alike desk: cahiers vs claviers

A purely visual mix-up. cahiers (\ka.je\) and claviers (\kla.vje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cahiers is recorded at frequency rank #7,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.je\. claviers is at rank #16,834, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kla.vje\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 23994, this pair ranks #349,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cahiers vs claviers

Shared letters: aceirs. Private to "cahiers": h. Private to "claviers": lv.

"cahiers" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "claviers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cahiersachiers · caheirs · cahhiers · cahierrs · cahierss · cahiesr · cahires · caihers
  • clavierscalviers · cclaviers · claivers · claveirs · clavierrs · clavierss · claviesr · clavires

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cahiers" and "claviers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ka.je\ versus \kla.vje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cahiers" or "claviers"?
"cahiers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,160 in our French list, against #16,834 for "claviers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "cahiers" and "claviers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cahiers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "claviers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #349,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cahiers" and "claviers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cahiers vs caries". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #349,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list