Which to use
“claquée” and “claquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,985
- “claquée” frequency rank
- #14,881
- “claquer” frequency rank
- 63866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | claquée | claquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe claquer. | Faire un certain bruit aigu et éclatant. |
Same sound, different letters: claquée vs claquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. claquée (CCVCVVV) and claquer (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - claquée and claquer
This is the hard kind. claquée and claquer are pronounced identically (\kla.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
claquée is recorded at frequency rank #48,985, classified as averb, pronounced \kla.ke\. claquer is at rank #14,881, tagged as averb, pronounced \kla.ke\.
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 63866, this pair ranks #79,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of claquée vs claquer
Shared letters: acelqu. Private to "claquée": é. Private to "claquer": r.
"claquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "claquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- claquer ← calquer · cclaquer · claqeur · claqquer · claquerr · claqure · clauqer · cllaquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "claquée" for "claquer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "claquée" vs "claquer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "claquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "claquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "claquée" and "claquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calquée vs claquée". 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 #79,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.