Which to use
“client” and “cliente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,655
- “client” frequency rank
- #14,223
- “cliente” frequency rank
- 15878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | client | cliente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Romain qui se plaçait sous le patronage d’un citoyen noble ou puissant. | Femme qui achète (des produits ou des services), vis-à-vis de son fournisseur. |
Where the eye mixes client and cliente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between client and cliente
A purely visual mix-up. client (\kli.jɑ̃\) and cliente (\kli.jɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “client” sits inside “cliente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
client is recorded at frequency rank #1,655, classified as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃\. cliente is at rank #14,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃t\.
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 15878, this pair ranks #390,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of client vs cliente
Shared letters: ceilnt. Private to "client": -. Private to "cliente": -.
"client" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "cliente" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "client" for "cliente" ever safe?
Frequency check: "client" vs "cliente" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "client" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cliente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "client" and "cliente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chient vs cliente". 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 #390,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.