Which to use
“cloche” and “clochers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,690
- “cloche” frequency rank
- #30,097
- “clochers” frequency rank
- 36787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cloche | clochers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument fait de métal, ordinairement de bronze, creux, ouvert, qui va en s’élargissant par en bas et dont on tire du son au moyen d’un battant suspendu à l’intérieur ou à l’aide d’un marteau extérieur. | Pluriel de clocher. |
Where the eye mixes cloche and clochers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cloche with clochers
A purely visual mix-up. cloche (\klɔʃ\) and clochers (\klɔ.ʃe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “cloche” sits inside “clochers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cloche is recorded at frequency rank #6,690, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔʃ\. clochers is at rank #30,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.ʃe\.
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 36787, this pair ranks #267,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cloche vs clochers
Shared letters: cehlo. Private to "cloche": -. Private to "clochers": rs.
"cloche" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "clochers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cloche" for "clochers" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cloche" or "clochers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cloche" and "clochers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cloche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clochers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cloche" and "clochers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clochers vs couchers". 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 #267,139 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.