Which to use
“clame” and “clark” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,947
- “clame” frequency rank
- #7,943
- “clark” frequency rank
- 38890
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clame | clark |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outillage de maintien d’une pièce mécanique pendant son usinage ou sa modification. | Chariot élévateur motorisé. |
Where the eye mixes clame and clark
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. clame (CCVCV) and clark (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between clame and clark
A purely visual mix-up. clame (\klam\) and clark (\klaʁk\) 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 38890, 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\. clark is at rank #7,943, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klaʁk\.
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 38890, this pair ranks #252,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clame vs clark
Shared letters: acl. Private to "clame": em. Private to "clark": kr.
"clame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "clark" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clame" for "clark" ever safe?
Which is more common, "clame" or "clark"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clame" and "clark" 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 "clark" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clame" and "clark" 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 #252,072 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.