Which to use
“clients” and “climats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,225
- “clients” frequency rank
- #20,960
- “climats” frequency rank
- 22185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clients | climats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de client. | Pluriel de climat. |
Where the eye mixes clients and climats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. clients (CCVVCCC) and climats (CCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: clients vs climats
A purely visual mix-up. clients (\kli.jɑ̃\) and climats (\kli.ma\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clients is recorded at frequency rank #1,225, classified as anoun, pronounced \kli.jɑ̃\. climats is at rank #20,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kli.ma\.
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 22185, this pair ranks #359,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clients vs climats
Shared letters: cilst. Private to "clients": en. Private to "climats": am.
"clients" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "climats" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clients" for "climats" ever safe?
Frequency check: "clients" vs "climats" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "clients" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "climats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clients" and "climats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "climatisé vs climats". 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 #359,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.