Which to use
“clame” and “clameur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,947
- “clame” frequency rank
- #43,845
- “clameur” frequency rank
- 74792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clame | clameur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outillage de maintien d’une pièce mécanique pendant son usinage ou sa modification. | Grand cri, cris confus de plusieurs personnes réunies. |
Where the eye mixes clame and clameur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. clame runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against clameur's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between clame and clameur
A purely visual mix-up. clame (\klam\) and clameur (\kla.mœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “clame” sits inside “clameur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clame is recorded at frequency rank #30,947, classified as anoun, pronounced \klam\. clameur is at rank #43,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kla.mœʁ\.
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 74792, this pair ranks #35,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clame vs clameur
Shared letters: acelm. Private to "clame": -. Private to "clameur": ru.
"clame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "clameur" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clame" and "clameur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clame" or "clameur" 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 "clame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clameur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clame" and "clameur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clame vs clavel". 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 #35,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.