# claire

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #7,320

## Definitions
1. A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French claire, the feminine form of clair (“clear”).

## Easily confused with
- **Clark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clark)
- **Clara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clara)
- **Clare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clare)
- **Clive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clive)
- **clary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clary)
- **Clarke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clarke)
- **clause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clause)
- **Claude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-claude)
- **claret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-claret)
- **Clarice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clarice)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-claire)
- **cair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-claire)
- **claim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claim-vs-claire)
- **chair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chair-vs-claire)
- **Cairo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cairo-vs-claire)
- **Clair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clair-vs-claire)
- **cadre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-claire)
- **cairn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cairn-vs-claire)
- **claims** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claims-vs-claire)
- **chairs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chairs-vs-claire)

## Common misspellings (8)
`calire`, `cclaire`, `claier`, `clairre`, `clarie`, `cliare`, `cllaire`, `lcaire`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/claire