climatisévsclimatsConfusable pair

Quick tell: climatisé is a adjective, climats is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“climatisé” is an adjective and “climats” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,673
“climatisé” frequency rank
#20,960
“climats” frequency rank
61633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature climatisé climats
Definition Dont les conditions (température, humidité) sont contrôlées et maintenues dans des valeurs déterminées par un climatiseur. Pluriel de climat.

Where the eye mixes climatisé and climats

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. climatisé runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against climats's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
climatisé
7 ch
climats

Visual trap between climatisé and climats

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: climatisé is \kli.ma.ti.ze\ while climats is \kli.ma\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

climatisé is recorded at frequency rank #40,673, classified as anadj, pronounced \kli.ma.ti.ze\. 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 61633, this pair ranks #91,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of climatisé vs climats

Shared letters: acilmst. Private to "climatisé": é. Private to "climats": -.

"climatisé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV  ·  "climats" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • climats ← cclimats · cilmats · cliamts · climast · climatss · climatts · climmats · climtas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "climatisé" for "climats" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "climatisé" is an adjective and "climats" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "climatisé" vs "climats" - which ranks higher?
"climats" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,960 in our French list, against #40,673 for "climatisé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "climatisé" 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 #91,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "climatisé" and "climats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "climatisé vs climatiseur". 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 #91,245 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list