Which to use
“choquant” and “claquant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,928
- “choquant” frequency rank
- #35,860
- “claquant” frequency rank
- 47788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choquant | claquant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui offense, qui déplaît par son immoralité ou son inconvenance. | Qui claque, en parlant d'un bruit. |
Letter map: choquant vs claquant
Shared letters muted; letters that set choquant and claquant apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. choquant and claquant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - choquant / claquant
choquant and claquant 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 47788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choquant is recorded at frequency rank #11,928, classified as anadj. claquant is at rank #35,860, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kla.kɑ̃\.
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 47788, this pair ranks #184,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of choquant vs claquant
Shared letters: acnqtu. Private to "choquant": ho. Private to "claquant": l.
"choquant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC · "claquant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "choquant" for "claquant" ever safe?
Which is more common, "choquant" or "claquant"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "choquant" and "claquant".
- Full dictionary entry for "choquant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "claquant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choquant" and "claquant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claquant vs craquent". 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 #184,143 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.