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“clairon” and “cloison” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,705
- “clairon” frequency rank
- #24,518
- “cloison” frequency rank
- 63223
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clairon | cloison |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de trompette sans piston, utilisée dans les sonneries militaires. | Espèce de petit mur peu épais servant à la distribution d’un appartement ou d’un bâtiment quelconque. |
Where the eye mixes clairon and cloison
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clairon vs cloison
A purely visual mix-up. clairon (\klɛ.ʁɔ̃\) and cloison (\klwa.zɔ̃\) 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 63223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clairon is recorded at frequency rank #38,705, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɛ.ʁɔ̃\. cloison is at rank #24,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klwa.zɔ̃\.
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 63223, this pair ranks #83,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clairon vs cloison
Shared letters: cilno. Private to "clairon": ar. Private to "cloison": s.
"clairon" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "cloison" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clairon" and "cloison" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clairon" or "cloison" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clairon" and "cloison" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clairon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cloison" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clairon" and "cloison" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chiron vs clairon". 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 #83,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.