Which to use
“clocher” and “cloches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,224
- “clocher” frequency rank
- #11,369
- “cloches” frequency rank
- 25593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clocher | cloches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bâtiment de maçonnerie ou de charpente dans lequel sont suspendues les cloches et qui est ordinairement élevé au-dessus d’une église. | Pluriel de cloche (instrument). |
Where the eye mixes clocher and cloches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clocher and cloches
A purely visual mix-up. clocher (\klɔ.ʃe\) and cloches (\klɔʃ\) 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 a single letter - r in “clocher” becomes s in “cloches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clocher is recorded at frequency rank #14,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.ʃe\. cloches is at rank #11,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɔʃ\.
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 25593, this pair ranks #339,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clocher vs cloches
Shared letters: cehlo. Private to "clocher": r. Private to "cloches": s.
"clocher" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "cloches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "clocher" and "cloches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "clocher" vs "cloches" - 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 "clocher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cloches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clocher" and "cloches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cloches vs coaches". 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 #339,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.