chocovsclodoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#34,024
“choco” frequency rank
#37,729
“clodo” frequency rank
71753
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choco clodo
Definition Chocolat. Clochard.

Where the eye mixes choco and clodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. choco and clodo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
choco
5 ch
clodo

Look-alike desk: choco vs clodo

A purely visual mix-up. choco (\ʃo.ko\) and clodo (\klɔ.do\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choco is recorded at frequency rank #34,024, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃo.ko\. clodo is at rank #37,729, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.do\.

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 71753, this pair ranks #46,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of choco vs clodo

Shared letters: co. Private to "choco": h. Private to "clodo": dl.

"choco" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "clodo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choco ← cchoco · chcoo · chhoco · chocco · chooc · cohco · hcoco
  • clodo ← cclodo · cldoo · cllodo · cloddo · clood · coldo · lcodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "choco" and "clodo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʃo.ko\ versus \klɔ.do\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "choco" vs "clodo" - which ranks higher?
"choco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,024 in our French list, against #37,729 for "clodo". 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 "choco" and "clodo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choco" and "clodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clodo vs croco". 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 #46,412 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