Which to use
“cliques” and “cliquetis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,486
- “cliques” frequency rank
- #44,934
- “cliquetis” frequency rank
- 73420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliques | cliquetis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom par lequel on désignait des sabots de bois dans certaines provinces. | Bruit que font des armes blanches quand on les choque les unes contre les autres. |
Where the eye mixes cliques and cliquetis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cliques runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against cliquetis's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cliques with cliquetis
A purely visual mix-up. cliques (\klik\) and cliquetis (\klik.ti\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cliques is recorded at frequency rank #28,486, classified as anoun, pronounced \klik\. cliquetis is at rank #44,934, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klik.ti\.
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 73420, this pair ranks #40,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cliques vs cliquetis
Shared letters: ceilqsu. Private to "cliques": -. Private to "cliquetis": t.
"cliques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "cliquetis" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cliques" for "cliquetis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cliques" vs "cliquetis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cliques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cliquetis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliques" and "cliquetis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cliquetis vs criquets". 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 #40,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.