Which to use
“cliques” and “comiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,486
- “cliques” frequency rank
- #18,154
- “comiques” frequency rank
- 46640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliques | comiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom par lequel on désignait des sabots de bois dans certaines provinces. | Dessins animés à la télévision. |
Where the eye mixes cliques and comiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cliques runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against comiques's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cliques vs comiques
A purely visual mix-up. cliques (\klik\) and comiques (\kɔ.mik\) 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 46640, 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\. comiques is at rank #18,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.mik\.
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 46640, this pair ranks #193,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cliques vs comiques
Shared letters: ceiqsu. Private to "cliques": l. Private to "comiques": mo.
"cliques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "comiques" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cliques" for "comiques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cliques" vs "comiques" - 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 "comiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliques" and "comiques" 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 #193,343 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.