Which to use
“click” and “clique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,208
- “click” frequency rank
- #9,969
- “clique” frequency rank
- 32177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | click | clique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de clic. | Coterie, bande de gens qui veulent parvenir à quelque chose d’une manière peu honnête. |
Same sound, different letters: click vs clique
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - click / clique
This is the hard kind. click and clique are pronounced identically (\klik\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32177, 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\. clique is at rank #9,969, 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 32177, this pair ranks #298,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of click vs clique
Shared letters: cil. Private to "click": k. Private to "clique": equ.
"click" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "clique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "click" and "clique" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "click" vs "clique" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"click" and "clique" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "click" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "click" and "clique" 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 #298,988 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.