Which to use
“clips” and “colis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,126
- “clips” frequency rank
- #5,228
- “colis” frequency rank
- 15354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clips | colis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clip. | Caisse, ballot, paquet de marchandises expédiées. |
Where the eye mixes clips and colis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clips and colis
A purely visual mix-up. clips (\klip\) and colis (\kɔ.li\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clips is recorded at frequency rank #10,126, classified as anoun, pronounced \klip\. colis is at rank #5,228, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.li\.
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 15354, this pair ranks #392,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clips vs colis
Shared letters: cils. Private to "clips": p. Private to "colis": o.
"clips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "colis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clips" and "colis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clips" vs "colis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "clips" and "colis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clips" and "colis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CIP vs clips". 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 #392,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.