cleveres
[ˈklɛvəʁəs]
The verdict
“cleveres” is uncommon German (frequency #75,498 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,498
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs clever
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cleveres |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈklɛvəʁəs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cleveres” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cleveres is uncommon German at frequency #75,498 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈklɛvəʁəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cleveres doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is cleveres, spelled C-L-E-V-E-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs clever
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs clever
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs clever
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs clever
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 “cleveres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-L-E-V-E-R-E-S - 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.