Which to use
“cliniques” and “coniques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,080
- “cliniques” frequency rank
- #37,740
- “coniques” frequency rank
- 45820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliniques | coniques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clinique. | Pluriel de conique. |
Where the eye mixes cliniques and coniques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cliniques runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVVC) against coniques's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cliniques with coniques
A purely visual mix-up. cliniques (\kli.nik\) and coniques (\kɔ.nik\) 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 45820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cliniques is recorded at frequency rank #8,080, classified as anadj, pronounced \kli.nik\. coniques is at rank #37,740, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ.nik\.
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 45820, this pair ranks #199,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cliniques vs coniques
Shared letters: ceinqsu. Private to "cliniques": l. Private to "coniques": o.
"cliniques" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVVC · "coniques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cliniques" and "coniques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cliniques" or "coniques" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cliniques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coniques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliniques" and "coniques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coniques vs coraniques". 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 #199,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.