Which to use
“chaque” is an adjective and “claquée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #210
- “chaque” frequency rank
- #48,985
- “claquée” frequency rank
- 49195
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaque | claquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déterminant distributif, qui se place toujours avant le nom et n’a pas de pluriel. Se dit d’une personne, d’une chose qui fait partie d’un tout, d’un ensemble. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe claquer. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set chaque and claquée apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chaque is \ʃak\ while claquée is \kla.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaque is recorded at frequency rank #210, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃak\. claquée is at rank #48,985, tagged as averb, pronounced \kla.ke\.
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 49195, this pair ranks #172,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaque vs claquée
Shared letters: acequ. Private to "chaque": h. Private to "claquée": lé.
"chaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "claquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaque ← cahque · cchaque · chaqeu · chaqque · chauqe · chhaque · chqaue · hcaque