Which to use
“clope” and “cyclope” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,929
- “clope” frequency rank
- #40,705
- “cyclope” frequency rank
- 53634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clope | cyclope |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mégot. | Sorte de géant monstrueux qui n’a qu’un œil, de forme ronde, au milieu du front. |
Where the eye mixes clope and cyclope
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. clope runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against cyclope's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between clope and cyclope
A purely visual mix-up. clope (\klɔp\) and cyclope (\si.klɔp\) 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) - “clope” sits inside “cyclope”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clope is recorded at frequency rank #12,929, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔp\. cyclope is at rank #40,705, tagged as anoun, pronounced \si.klɔp\.
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 53634, this pair ranks #139,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clope vs cyclope
Shared letters: celop. Private to "clope": -. Private to "cyclope": y.
"clope" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "cyclope" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clope" and "cyclope" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clope" or "cyclope" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "clope" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cyclope" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clope" and "cyclope" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cyclones vs cyclope". 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 #139,403 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.