claire
"claire" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“claire” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,320. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,320
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
Corpus desk
Index EN-claire · claire · English
claire · rank #7,320 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,320
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH circus
Nearest frequency peer: circus (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “claire”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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buttons
92,684 corpus weight
- cart
cart
92,683 corpus weight
- circus
circus
92,682 corpus weight
- claire
claire
92,681 corpus weight
- cocaine
cocaine
92,680 corpus weight
- Cohen
Cohen
92,679 corpus weight
What this shows “claire” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “claire”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around claire, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,320 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for claire, with forms such as "calire", "cclaire", and "claier". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Clark", "Clara", "Clare", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French claire, the feminine form of clair (“clear”). The correct English form is claire, spelled C-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how claire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In order to prepare the ground of the claire for the reception of oysters, it must first be cleared of stones and all vegetation which may cover it, then the necessary slope from the center towards the sides may be given it.
A barrel of lime was spread around the edge of the claire, so as to be gradually washed into the water and furnish the material required by oysters in the fabrication of the shell. Until October the oysters in the claire remained exceedingly poor, […]
Etymology
Borrowed from French claire, the feminine form of clair (“clear”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- calire
- cclaire
- claier
- clairre
- clarie
- cliare
- cllaire
- lcaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of claire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "claire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).