Which to use
“claquer” and “craquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,881
- “claquer” frequency rank
- #9,144
- “craquer” frequency rank
- 24025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | claquer | craquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un certain bruit aigu et éclatant. | Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments. |
Where the eye mixes claquer and craquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: claquer vs craquer
A purely visual mix-up. claquer (\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 differ by a single letter - l in “claquer” becomes r in “craquer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24025, 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\. 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 24025, this pair ranks #349,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of claquer vs craquer
Shared letters: aceqru. Private to "claquer": l. Private to "craquer": -.
"claquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "craquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "claquer" and "craquer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "claquer" or "craquer"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "claquer" and "craquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "claquer" 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 #349,083 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "claquer" and "craquer" 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 #349,083 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.