claire
"claire" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“claire” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,320 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,320
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
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) |
Where “claire” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for claire is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #7,320 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “claire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Clark” - see the side-by-side comparison. claire vs Clark
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.