Which to use
“clame” and “clapet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,947
- “clame” frequency rank
- #33,612
- “clapet” frequency rank
- 64559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clame | clapet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outillage de maintien d’une pièce mécanique pendant son usinage ou sa modification. | Sorte de petite soupape qui se lève et se baisse par le moyen d’une simple charnière. |
Where the eye mixes clame and clapet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. clame runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against clapet's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between clame and clapet
A purely visual mix-up. clame (\klam\) and clapet (\kla.pɛ\) 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 64559, 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\. clapet is at rank #33,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kla.pɛ\.
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 64559, this pair ranks #76,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clame vs clapet
Shared letters: acel. Private to "clame": m. Private to "clapet": pt.
"clame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "clapet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clame" and "clapet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clame" vs "clapet" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clame" and "clapet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clapet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clame" and "clapet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clapet 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 #76,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.