Which to use
“clay” and “CMA” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,959
- “clay” frequency rank
- #36,763
- “CMA” frequency rank
- 57722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clay | CMA |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pigeon d’argile utilisé au ball-trap. | Organisme consulaire chargé de développer l’activité économique dans le domaine de l'artisanat. |
Where the eye mixes clay and CMA
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clay and CMA
A purely visual mix-up. clay (\klɛ\) and CMA (\se.ɛm.a\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clay is recorded at frequency rank #20,959, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɛ\. CMA is at rank #36,763, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.ɛm.a\.
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 57722, this pair ranks #113,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clay vs CMA
Shared letters: ac. Private to "clay": ly. Private to "CMA": m.
"clay" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "CMA" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clay ← caly · cclay · clayy · cllay · clya · lcay
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clay" for "CMA" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "clay" or "CMA" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clay" and "CMA" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clay" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "CMA" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clay" and "CMA" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CMA". 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 #113,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.