Which to use
“clochette” and “clochettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,890
- “clochette” frequency rank
- #47,230
- “clochettes” frequency rank
- 79120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clochette | clochettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cloche de petite taille. | Pluriel de clochette. |
Same sound, different letters: clochette vs clochettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. clochette runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCCV) against clochettes's 10 (CCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - clochette / clochettes
This is the hard kind. clochette and clochettes are pronounced identically (\klɔ.ʃɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “clochette” sits inside “clochettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clochette is recorded at frequency rank #31,890, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.ʃɛt\. clochettes is at rank #47,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.ʃɛt\.
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 79120, this pair ranks #24,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clochette vs clochettes
Shared letters: cehlot. Private to "clochette": -. Private to "clochettes": s.
"clochette" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "clochettes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clochette ← cclochette · clcohette · cllochette · clocchette · clocehtte · clochete · clochetet · clochhette
- clochettes ← cclochettes · clcohettes · cllochettes · clocchettes · clocehttes · clochetes · clochetets · clochettess
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "clochette" / "clochettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "clochette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clochettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clochette" and "clochettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachettes vs clochettes". 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 #24,034 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.