Firefox’s spell check doesn’t recognize the word “cliche.” But rather than suggest the correct spelling with the accent, “cliché” — the most likely candidate for what I’m trying to type — it suggests “cloche.”
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You didn’t say what context it was used in. Maybe cloche was the right word! Were you talking about “a restaurant’s bell-shaped cover for a plate of food, to retain warmth” ? *
* Yeah, had to look it up
Turns out, this phenomenon has a name:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupertino_effect