Which to use
“clopes” and “copies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,652
- “clopes” frequency rank
- #7,041
- “copies” frequency rank
- 24693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clopes | copies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de clope. | Pluriel de copie. |
Where the eye mixes clopes and copies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clopes vs copies
A purely visual mix-up. clopes (\klɔp\) and copies (\kɔ.pi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clopes is recorded at frequency rank #17,652, classified as anoun, pronounced \klɔp\. copies is at rank #7,041, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.pi\.
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 24693, this pair ranks #345,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of clopes vs copies
Shared letters: ceops. Private to "clopes": l. Private to "copies": i.
"clopes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "copies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clopes" and "copies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "clopes" or "copies" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clopes" and "copies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clopes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "copies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clopes" and "copies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clopes vs codés". 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 #345,154 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.