clarissa
/kləˈɹɪsə/noun
clarissa is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-L-A-R-I-S-S-A and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of clarissa is clarissas.
What does clarissa mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
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).
How do you pronounce clarissa?
- /kləˈɹɪsə/
Clarissa has 3 syllables (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-Clarissa.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clarissa
- clarissas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is clarissa?
Clarissa appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th 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).
Clarissa in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female given name:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Clarisse |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does clarissa come from?
Borrowed from Italian clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more. Doublet of Clarisse, Clare, and Clarist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).