Which to use
“cliques” is a noun and “cliquez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,486
- “cliques” frequency rank
- #8,674
- “cliquez” frequency rank
- 37160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliques | cliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom par lequel on désignait des sabots de bois dans certaines provinces. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cliquer. |
Where the eye mixes cliques and cliquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cliques and cliquez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cliques with cliquez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cliques is \klik\ while cliquez is \kli.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “cliques” becomes z in “cliquez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37160, 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\. 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 37160, this pair ranks #264,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cliques vs cliquez
Shared letters: ceilqu. Private to "cliques": s. Private to "cliquez": z.
"cliques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "cliquez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cliques" and "cliquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cliques" vs "cliquez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "cliquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliques" and "cliquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claquée vs cliques". 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 #264,457 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.