Which to use
“client” and “clients” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,655
- “client” frequency rank
- #1,225
- “clients” frequency rank
- 2880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | client | clients |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Romain qui se plaçait sous le patronage d’un citoyen noble ou puissant. | Pluriel de client. |
Same sound, different letters: client vs clients
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - client / clients
This is the hard kind. client and clients are pronounced identically (\kli.jɑ̃\) 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 extra letter(s) - “client” sits inside “clients”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2880, 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\. clients is at rank #1,225, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃\.
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 2880, this pair ranks #435,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of client vs clients
Shared letters: ceilnt. Private to "client": -. Private to "clients": s.
"client" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "clients" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "client" and "clients" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "client" or "clients"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "client" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clients" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "client" and "clients" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chient vs client". 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 #435,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.