Which to use
“clics” and “cliques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,323
- “clics” frequency rank
- #28,486
- “cliques” frequency rank
- 44809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clics | cliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clic. | Nom par lequel on désignait des sabots de bois dans certaines provinces. |
Same sound, different letters: clics vs cliques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. clics runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against cliques's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - clics / cliques
This is the hard kind. clics and cliques 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44809, 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\. cliques is at rank #28,486, 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 44809, this pair ranks #207,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clics vs cliques
Shared letters: cils. Private to "clics": -. Private to "cliques": equ.
"clics" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "cliques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clics" and "cliques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clics" vs "cliques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"clics" and "cliques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "clics" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cliques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clics" and "cliques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claquée vs cliques". 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 #207,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.