Which to use
“cliente” and “clientes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,223
- “cliente” frequency rank
- #22,517
- “clientes” frequency rank
- 36740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliente | clientes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui achète (des produits ou des services), vis-à-vis de son fournisseur. | Pluriel de cliente. |
Same sound, different letters: cliente vs clientes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - cliente / clientes
This is the hard kind. cliente and clientes are pronounced identically (\kli.jɑ̃t\) 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) - “cliente” sits inside “clientes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cliente is recorded at frequency rank #14,223, classified as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃t\. clientes is at rank #22,517, 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 36740, this pair ranks #267,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cliente vs clientes
Shared letters: ceilnt. Private to "cliente": -. Private to "clientes": s.
"cliente" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV · "clientes" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cliente" and "clientes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cliente" vs "clientes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"cliente" and "clientes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cliente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clientes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,448 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliente" and "clientes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clientèles vs clientes". 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 #267,448 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.