clairvoyance
/klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
"clairvoyance" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clairvoyance” is uncommon English (frequency #58,596 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,596
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The power to see or perceive things, objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clairvoyance · clairvoyance · English
clairvoyance · rank #58,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,596
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH civilly
Nearest frequency peer: civilly (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “clairvoyance”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Changsha
Changsha
41,410 corpus weight
- Circe
Circe
41,407 corpus weight
- civilly
civilly
41,406 corpus weight
- clairvoyance
clairvoyance
41,405 corpus weight
- clift
clift
41,402 corpus weight
- clinker
clinker
41,401 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clairvoyance” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clairvoyance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #58,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clairvoyance” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clairvoyance is uncommon English at frequency #58,596 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clairvoyance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French clairvoyance. The correct English form is clairvoyance, spelled C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The power to see or perceive things, objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
- 2Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.
Etymology
Borrowed from French clairvoyance.
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); 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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).