Clare
/klɛɚ/noun
Clare is spelled C-L-A-R-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Clare means “Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Clare is Clares.
How many letters and syllables are in Clare?
| Letters | 5: C-L-A-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Clare?
Clare appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Clare?
- UK /klɛə/
- US /klɛɚ/
- Australia /kleː/
Clare has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Clare.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aika77-Clare.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Clare?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Clare from its last stressed vowel (/ɛəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Clare
- Clares plural
- 'clares present, singular, he/she/it
- 'claring participle, present
- 'clared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Clare mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Clare come from?
Medieval English vernacular form of Clara, from the Latin clara, feminine of clarus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara of Assisi. In Oxfordshire, from Clarora, a clay slope.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).