Which to use
“clin” and “con” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,619
- “clin” frequency rank
- #1,056
- “con” frequency rank
- 10675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clin | con |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clignement. | Sexe de la femme. |
Where the eye mixes clin and con
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses clin with con
A purely visual mix-up. clin (\klɛ̃\) and con (\kɔ̃\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clin is recorded at frequency rank #9,619, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɛ̃\. con is at rank #1,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃\.
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 10675, this pair ranks #412,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clin vs con
Shared letters: cn. Private to "clin": il. Private to "con": o.
"clin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "con" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clin ← cclin · ciln · clinn · cllin · clni · lcin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clin" and "con" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "clin" or "con"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clin" and "con" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "con" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clin" and "con" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clin vs coon". 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 #412,076 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.