# Clarke

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #6,551

## Definitions
1. An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Clark.
2. Ellipsis of Clarke County.

## Etymology
From Clark, from Old English clerc (“cleric, clerk”).

## Easily confused with
- **clerk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarke-vs-clerk)
- **clary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarke-vs-clary)
- **clause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarke-vs-clause)
- **Claude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarke-vs-claude)
- **coarse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarke-vs-coarse)
- **clerks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarke-vs-clerks)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-clarke)
- **cake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cake-vs-clarke)
- **Clark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-clarke)
- **Clara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clara-vs-clarke)
- **Clare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clare-vs-clarke)
- **carve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carve-vs-clarke)
- **carte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carte-vs-clarke)
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-clarke)
- **clank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clank-vs-clarke)
- **clack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clack-vs-clarke)
- **charge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charge-vs-clarke)
- **claire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claire-vs-clarke)
- **claret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claret-vs-clarke)
- **Clarice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clarice-vs-clarke)

## Common misspellings (9)
`calrke`, `cclarke`, `clakre`, `clarek`, `clarkke`, `clarrke`, `cllarke`, `clrake`, `lcarke`

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