Which to use
“clientèle” and “clientèles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,654
- “clientèle” frequency rank
- #46,655
- “clientèles” frequency rank
- 51309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clientèle | clientèles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chez les Romains, ensemble des clients d’un patron. | Pluriel de clientèle. |
Same sound, different letters: clientèle vs clientèles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - clientèle / clientèles
This is the hard kind. clientèle and clientèles are pronounced identically (\kli.jɑ̃.tɛl\) 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) - “clientèle” sits inside “clientèles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clientèle is recorded at frequency rank #4,654, classified as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃.tɛl\. clientèles is at rank #46,655, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃.tɛl\.
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 51309, this pair ranks #156,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clientèle vs clientèles
Shared letters: ceilntè. Private to "clientèle": -. Private to "clientèles": s.
"clientèle" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCV · "clientèles" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clientèle" and "clientèles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clientèle" or "clientèles" show up more?
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 "clientèle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clientèles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clientèle" and "clientèles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clientèles vs clientes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.