Clarksville

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"clarksville" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Clarksville” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,120
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.

Corpus desk

Index EN-clarksville · Clarksville · English

Clarksville · rank #44,120 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,120
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 43,570
  • PHOTO-FINISH cirrus

Nearest frequency peer: cirrus (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Clarksville”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Clarksville” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Clarksville
PropertyValue
HeadwordClarksville
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Frequency rank#44,120
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Clarksville” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Clarksville lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Clarksville, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,120 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 25 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Clarksville, with forms such as "calrksville", "cclarksville", and "clakrsville". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Clark + -s- + -ville. The correct English form is Clarksville, spelled C-L-A-R-K-S-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.
  2. 2
    A town in Clark County, Indiana; named for explorer William Clark.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Arkansas.
  4. 4
    A city, the county seat of Red River County, Texas; named for founder James Clark.
  5. 5
    A city in Iowa.
  6. 6
    A town in Virginia; named for founder Clarke Royster.
  7. 7
    A village in Clinton County, Ohio; named for Sarah Clark Hadley, an early settler.
  8. 8
    A city in Missouri, named for William Clark.
  9. 9
    A town in Allegheny County, New York; named for Holland Land Company agent S. N. Clark.
  10. 10
    A village in Michigan.
  11. 11
    A town in New Hampshire; named for the Clark family, who cleared the land for settlement.
  12. 12
    A borough of Pennsylvania.
  13. 13
    A community in Nova Scotia.
  14. 14
    A hamlet in New Scotland, New York; named for early settler Adam A. Clark.
  15. 15
    An unincorporated community in California.
  16. 16
    An unincorporated community in Delaware.
  17. 17
    An unincorporated community in Idaho.
  18. 18
    An unincorporated community in Illinois.
  19. 19
    An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Indiana; named for George Rogers Clark.
  20. 20
    An unincorporated community in Maryland; named for William Clark.
  21. 21
    An unincorporated community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  22. 22
    An unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey.
  23. 23
    An unincorporated community in Perry County, Ohio; named for founder Daniel Clark.
  24. 24
    An unincorporated community in Oklahoma.
  25. 25
    A ghost town in Defiance County, Ohio; named for proprietor Elisha Clark.

Etymology

From Clark + -s- + -ville.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calrksville
  • cclarksville
  • clakrsville
  • clarkksville
  • clarksivlle
  • clarkssville
  • clarksvile
  • clarksvilel
  • clarksvlile
  • clarksvville
  • clarkvsille
  • clarrksville
  • clarskville
  • cllarksville
  • clraksville
  • lcarksville

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Clarksville - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

calrksville2cclarksville1clakrsville2clarkksville1clarksivlle2clarkssville1clarksvile1clarksvilel2
Edit distance from "Clarksville"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Clarksville"?
"Clarksville" is spelled C-L-A-R-K-S-V-I-L-L-E.
What does "Clarksville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Clarksville" means: A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee; named for George Rodgers Clark.
What are common misspellings of "Clarksville"?
Common misspellings include "calrksville", "cclarksville", "clakrsville", "clarkksville", "clarksivlle". The correct spelling is "Clarksville".
What is the origin of the word "Clarksville"?
From Clark + -s- + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Clarksville", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list