Which to use
“clame” and “crâne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,947
- “clame” frequency rank
- #4,659
- “crâne” frequency rank
- 35606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clame | crâne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outillage de maintien d’une pièce mécanique pendant son usinage ou sa modification. | Assemblage des os de la tête, partie du squelette destinée à protéger l’encéphale. |
Where the eye mixes clame and crâne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clame and crâne
A purely visual mix-up. clame (\klam\) and crâne (\kʁɑn\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35606, 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\. crâne is at rank #4,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɑn\.
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 35606, this pair ranks #275,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clame vs crâne
Shared letters: ce. Private to "clame": alm. Private to "crâne": nrâ.
"clame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "crâne" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clame ← cclame · claem · clamme · cllame · clmae · lcame
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clame" and "crâne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "clame" or "crâne"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "clame" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crâne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clame" and "crâne" 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 #275,485 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.