Which to use
“choque” is a verb and “clique” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,667
- “choque” frequency rank
- #9,969
- “clique” frequency rank
- 17636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choque | clique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de choquer. | Coterie, bande de gens qui veulent parvenir à quelque chose d’une manière peu honnête. |
Where the eye mixes choque and clique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: choque vs clique
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: choque is \ʃɔk\ while clique is \klik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choque is recorded at frequency rank #7,667, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɔk\. clique is at rank #9,969, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klik\.
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 17636, this pair ranks #382,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of choque vs clique
Shared letters: cequ. Private to "choque": ho. Private to "clique": il.
"choque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "clique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "choque" for "clique" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "choque" or "clique" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "choque" and "clique" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "choque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choque" and "clique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claquée vs clique". 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 #382,225 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.