Which to use
“clic” is an onomatopoeia and “click” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,618
- “clic” frequency rank
- #22,208
- “click” frequency rank
- 31826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clic | click |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Onomatopée exprimant un bruit sec, un claquement. | Variante orthographique de clic. |
Same sound, different letters: clic vs click
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - clic / click
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: clic and click carry the same recorded pronunciation, \klik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anonomatopoeia, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “clic” sits inside “click”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clic is recorded at frequency rank #9,618, classified as anonomatopoeia, pronounced \klik\. click is at rank #22,208, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klik\.
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 31826, this pair ranks #301,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clic vs click
Shared letters: cil. Private to "clic": -. Private to "click": k.
"clic" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "click" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "clic" / "click". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "clic" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "click" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,305 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clic" and "click" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CICR vs click". 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 #301,305 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.