CCASvsclanConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,777
“CCAS” frequency rank
#4,412
“clan” frequency rank
52189
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CCAS clan
Definition En France, centre chargé de l’action sociale dans une commune. Chez les Celtes, tribu formée d’un certain nombre de familles.

Letter map: CCAS vs clan

Shared letters muted; letters that set CCAS and clan apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
CCAS
4 ch
clan

Spelling & dictionary notes on CCAS vs clan

CCAS and clan are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CCAS is recorded at frequency rank #47,777, classified as anoun. clan is at rank #4,412, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɑ̃\.

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 52189, this pair ranks #149,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of CCAS vs clan

Shared letters: ac. Private to "CCAS": s. Private to "clan": ln.

"CCAS" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "clan" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • CCAScacs · ccsa
  • clancaln · cclan · clann · cllan · clna · lcan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CCAS" for "clan" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "CCAS" vs "clan" - which ranks higher?
"clan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,412 in our French list, against #47,777 for "CCAS". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "CCAS" and "clan".

  • Full dictionary entry for "CCAS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CCAS" and "clan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs CCE". 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 #149,466 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