Which to use
“clans” and “clubs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,127
- “clans” frequency rank
- #2,765
- “clubs” frequency rank
- 14892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clans | clubs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clan. | Pluriel de club. |
Where the eye mixes clans and clubs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. clans and clubs follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between clans and clubs
A purely visual mix-up. clans (\klɑ̃\) and clubs (\klœb\) 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 14892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clans is recorded at frequency rank #12,127, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɑ̃\. clubs is at rank #2,765, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klœb\.
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 14892, this pair ranks #394,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clans vs clubs
Shared letters: cls. Private to "clans": an. Private to "clubs": bu.
"clans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "clubs" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clans" and "clubs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "clans" or "clubs"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clans" and "clubs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clubs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clans" and "clubs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs clans". 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 #394,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.