Which to use
“civiques” and “cliniques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,321
- “civiques” frequency rank
- #8,080
- “cliniques” frequency rank
- 24401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | civiques | cliniques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de civique. | Pluriel de clinique. |
Where the eye mixes civiques and cliniques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. civiques runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against cliniques's 9 (CCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses civiques with cliniques
A purely visual mix-up. civiques (\si.vik\) and cliniques (\kli.nik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
civiques is recorded at frequency rank #16,321, classified as anadj, pronounced \si.vik\. cliniques is at rank #8,080, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kli.nik\.
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 24401, this pair ranks #346,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of civiques vs cliniques
Shared letters: ceiqsu. Private to "civiques": v. Private to "cliniques": ln.
"civiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "cliniques" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "civiques" and "cliniques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "civiques" or "cliniques" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "civiques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cliniques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "civiques" and "cliniques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "civiques vs coniques". 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 #346,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.