Which to use
“click” and “clin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,208
- “click” frequency rank
- #9,619
- “clin” frequency rank
- 31827
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | click | clin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de clic. | Clignement. |
Where the eye mixes click and clin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: click vs clin
A purely visual mix-up. click (\klik\) and clin (\klɛ̃\) 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 31827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
click is recorded at frequency rank #22,208, classified as anoun, pronounced \klik\. clin is at rank #9,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɛ̃\.
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 31827, this pair ranks #301,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of click vs clin
Shared letters: cil. Private to "click": k. Private to "clin": n.
"click" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "clin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "click" and "clin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "click" or "clin"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "click" and "clin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "click" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "click" and "clin" 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 #301,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.