Which to use
“clics” and “clique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,323
- “clics” frequency rank
- #9,969
- “clique” frequency rank
- 26292
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clics | clique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clic. | Coterie, bande de gens qui veulent parvenir à quelque chose d’une manière peu honnête. |
Same sound, different letters: clics vs clique
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. clics runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against clique's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - clics and clique
This is the hard kind. clics 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 26292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clics is recorded at frequency rank #16,323, 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 26292, this pair ranks #335,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clics vs clique
Shared letters: cil. Private to "clics": s. Private to "clique": equ.
"clics" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "clique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clics" and "clique" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clics" vs "clique" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "clics" 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 #335,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clics" and "clique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caïds vs clics". 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 #335,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.