clem
[t͡slɛm]
The verdict
“clem” is uncommon German (frequency #86,332 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,332
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumental Singular des Substantivs clo
| 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) |
Where “clem” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clem is uncommon German at frequency #86,332 among 20,081 “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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Using “clem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-L-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.