Which to use
“claquer” and “cliquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,881
- “claquer” frequency rank
- #10,471
- “cliquer” frequency rank
- 25352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | claquer | cliquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un certain bruit aigu et éclatant. | Enfoncer et relâcher le bouton-poussoir (ou cliquet) d’une souris ou d’un dispositif similaire. |
Where the eye mixes claquer and cliquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. claquer and cliquer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: claquer vs cliquer
A purely visual mix-up. claquer (\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 differ by a single letter - a in “claquer” becomes i in “cliquer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
claquer is recorded at frequency rank #14,881, 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 25352, this pair ranks #341,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of claquer vs cliquer
Shared letters: celqru. Private to "claquer": a. Private to "cliquer": i.
"claquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "cliquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "claquer" and "cliquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "claquer" or "cliquer"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "claquer" 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 #341,362 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "claquer" and "cliquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claquée vs claquer". 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 #341,362 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.