clem
[t͡slɛm]
The verdict
“clem” is uncommon German (frequency #86,332 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,332
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumental Singular des Substantivs clo
Corpus desk
Index DE-clem · clem · German
clem · rank #86,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,332
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH clusters
Nearest frequency peer: clusters (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „clem“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- chosen
chosen
13,674 corpus weight
- chromium
chromium
13,673 corpus weight
- clem
clem
13,669 corpus weight
- clusters
clusters
13,668 corpus weight
- consent
consent
13,665 corpus weight
- controlled
controlled
13,664 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „clem“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡slɛm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „clem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
clem is uncommon German at frequency #86,332 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡slɛm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumental Singular des Substantivs clo".
No misspelling variants are generated for clem in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is clem, spelled C-L-E-M.
Definition
- 1Instrumental Singular des Substantivs clo
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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