# clarence

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #11,000

## Definitions
1. A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers.

## Etymology
Named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become William IV of the United Kingdom.

## Easily confused with
- **Clarice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarence-vs-clarice)
- **clearance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarence-vs-clearance)
- **cadence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadence-vs-clarence)

## Common misspellings (13)
`calrence`, `cclarence`, `claernce`, `clarance`, `clarecne`, `clarencce`, `clarenec`, `clarennce`, `clarnece`, `clarrence`, `cllarence`, `clraence`, `lcarence`

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