bearded clam
"bearded-clam" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bearded clam” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vulva
Corpus desk
Index EN-bearded-clam · bearded clam · English
bearded clam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bearded clam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bearded clam” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bearded clam is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vulva".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bearded clam in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is bearded clam, spelled B-E-A-R-D-E-D- -C-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1Vulva
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bearded clam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"In the latrines they predicted the 1209th would go to Osaka, Japan, where the bearded clam ran crosswise..."
that night after the dance, he / first touched the bearded clam.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.