Which to use
“climat” and “climats” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,070
- “climat” frequency rank
- #20,960
- “climats” frequency rank
- 23030
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | climat | climats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des statistiques décrivant les conditions météorologiques moyennes (température, précipitations, humidité, vent, etc.) et leur variabilité dans une région donnée, observées sur une période d’au moins 30 ans. | Pluriel de climat. |
Where the eye mixes climat and climats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. climat runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against climats's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between climat and climats
A purely visual mix-up. climat (\kli.mɑ\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “climat” sits inside “climats”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23030, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
climat is recorded at frequency rank #2,070, classified as anoun, pronounced \kli.mɑ\. 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 23030, this pair ranks #354,762 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of climat vs climats
Shared letters: acilmt. Private to "climat": -. Private to "climats": s.
"climat" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "climats" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "climat" for "climats" ever safe?
Which is more common, "climat" or "climats"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "climat" 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 #354,762 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "climat" 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 #354,762 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.