Which to use
“claquée” and “craquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,985
- “claquée” frequency rank
- #9,144
- “craquer” frequency rank
- 58129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | claquée | craquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe claquer. | Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments. |
Where the eye mixes claquée and craquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. claquée (CCVCVVV) and craquer (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: claquée vs craquer
A purely visual mix-up. claquée (\kla.ke\) and craquer (\kʁa.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 58129, 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\. craquer is at rank #9,144, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁa.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 58129, this pair ranks #110,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of claquée vs craquer
Shared letters: acequ. Private to "claquée": lé. Private to "craquer": r.
"claquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV · "craquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- craquer ← carquer · ccraquer · craqeur · craqquer · craquerr · craqure · crauqer · crqauer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "claquée" and "craquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "claquée" vs "craquer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "claquée" and "craquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "claquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "claquée" and "craquer" 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 #110,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.