Which to use
“clapet” and “clavel” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,612
- “clapet” frequency rank
- #49,557
- “clavel” frequency rank
- 83169
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clapet | clavel |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de petite soupape qui se lève et se baisse par le moyen d’une simple charnière. | Soude d’une qualité inférieure. |
Where the eye mixes clapet and clavel
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. clapet and clavel follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses clapet with clavel
A purely visual mix-up. clapet (\kla.pɛ\) and clavel (\kla.vɛl\) 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 83169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clapet is recorded at frequency rank #33,612, classified as anoun, pronounced \kla.pɛ\. clavel is at rank #49,557, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kla.vɛl\.
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 83169, this pair ranks #15,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clapet vs clavel
Shared letters: acel. Private to "clapet": pt. Private to "clavel": v.
"clapet" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "clavel" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clapet" for "clavel" ever safe?
Which is more common, "clapet" or "clavel"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clapet" and "clavel" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clapet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clavel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clapet" and "clavel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chapel 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 #15,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.