Which to use
“cliquer” and “cliquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,471
- “cliquer” frequency rank
- #8,674
- “cliquez” frequency rank
- 19145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliquer | cliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfoncer et relâcher le bouton-poussoir (ou cliquet) d’une souris ou d’un dispositif similaire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cliquer. |
Same sound, different letters: cliquer vs cliquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. cliquer and cliquez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - cliquer / cliquez
This is the hard kind. cliquer and cliquez are pronounced identically (\kli.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “cliquer” becomes z in “cliquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cliquer is recorded at frequency rank #10,471, classified as averb, pronounced \kli.ke\. cliquez is at rank #8,674, tagged as averb, pronounced \kli.ke\.
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 19145, this pair ranks #374,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cliquer vs cliquez
Shared letters: ceilqu. Private to "cliquer": r. Private to "cliquez": z.
"cliquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "cliquez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cliquer" and "cliquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cliquer" vs "cliquez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"cliquer" and "cliquez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cliquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cliquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliquer" and "cliquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claquée vs cliquer". 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 #374,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.