Which to use
“clochers” and “cloches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,097
- “clochers” frequency rank
- #11,369
- “cloches” frequency rank
- 41466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clochers | cloches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clocher. | Pluriel de cloche (instrument). |
Where the eye mixes clochers and cloches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. clochers runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCC) against cloches's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: clochers vs cloches
A purely visual mix-up. clochers (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clochers is recorded at frequency rank #30,097, 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 41466, this pair ranks #232,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clochers vs cloches
Shared letters: cehlos. Private to "clochers": r. Private to "cloches": -.
"clochers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "cloches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clochers" and "cloches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "clochers" vs "cloches" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clochers" and "cloches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clochers" 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 #232,874 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clochers" and "cloches" 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 #232,874 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.