Which to use
“claquée” and “cliquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,985
- “claquée” frequency rank
- #10,471
- “cliquer” frequency rank
- 59456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | claquée | cliquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe claquer. | Enfoncer et relâcher le bouton-poussoir (ou cliquet) d’une souris ou d’un dispositif similaire. |
Where the eye mixes claquée and cliquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. claquée (CCVCVVV) and cliquer (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: claquée vs cliquer
A purely visual mix-up. claquée (\kla.ke\) and cliquer (\kli.ke\) 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 59456, 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\. cliquer is at rank #10,471, tagged as averb, pronounced \kli.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 59456, this pair ranks #103,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of claquée vs cliquer
Shared letters: celqu. Private to "claquée": aé. Private to "cliquer": ir.
"claquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "cliquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cliquer ← ccliquer · cilquer · cliqeur · cliqquer · cliquerr · cliqure · cliuqer · clliquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "claquée" and "cliquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "claquée" or "cliquer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "claquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cliquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "claquée" and "cliquer" 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 #103,034 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.