Which to use
“cloître” is a noun and “contre” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,235
- “cloître” frequency rank
- #109
- “contre” frequency rank
- 19344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cloître | contre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie d’un monastère qu’une clôture sépare du reste du bâtiment. | En opposition à ; dans un choc avec ; à l’encontre de. |
Where the eye mixes cloître and contre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cloître vs contre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cloître is \klwatʁ\ while contre is \kɔ̃tʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cloître is recorded at frequency rank #19,235, classified as anoun, pronounced \klwatʁ\. contre is at rank #109, tagged as aprep, pronounced \kɔ̃tʁ\.
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 19344, this pair ranks #373,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cloître vs contre
Shared letters: ceort. Private to "cloître": lî. Private to "contre": n.
"cloître" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV · "contre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- contre ← ccontre · cnotre · conntre · conrte · contrre · conttre · cotnre · ocntre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cloître" and "contre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cloître" or "contre"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cloître" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,733 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cloître" and "contre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congres vs contre". 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 #373,733 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.