Which to use
“clac” and “crac” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,310
- “clac” frequency rank
- #42,255
- “crac” frequency rank
- 78565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clac | crac |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide. | Exprime le bruit que font certains corps, durs, secs et solides, soit en se frottant violemment, soit en éclatant. |
Where the eye mixes clac and crac
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. clac and crac follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: clac vs crac
A purely visual mix-up. clac (\klak\) and crac (\kʁak\) 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 a single letter - l in “clac” becomes r in “crac”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clac is recorded at frequency rank #36,310, classified as anonomatopoeia, pronounced \klak\. crac is at rank #42,255, tagged as anonomatopoeia, pronounced \kʁak\.
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 78565, this pair ranks #25,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clac vs crac
Shared letters: ac. Private to "clac": l. Private to "crac": r.
"clac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clac" and "crac" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "clac" vs "crac" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "clac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crac" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,413 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clac" and "crac" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crac 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 #25,413 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.