Which to use
“cliques” and “crique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,486
- “cliques” frequency rank
- #32,361
- “crique” frequency rank
- 60847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cliques | crique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom par lequel on désignait des sabots de bois dans certaines provinces. | Petite baie, partie du rivage qui forme dans les terres un enfoncement où de petits bateaux peuvent se mettre à l’abri. |
Where the eye mixes cliques and crique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cliques vs crique
A purely visual mix-up. cliques (\klik\) and crique (\kʁik\) 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 60847, 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\. crique is at rank #32,361, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁik\.
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 60847, this pair ranks #95,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cliques vs crique
Shared letters: ceiqu. Private to "cliques": ls. Private to "crique": r.
"cliques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "crique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cliques" and "crique" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cliques" or "crique" show up more?
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 "crique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cliques" and "crique" 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 #95,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.