clavier
/ˈklævɪɚ/
"clavier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clavier” is uncommon English (frequency #96,864 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,864
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clavier · clavier · English
clavier · rank #96,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,864
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH claymation
Nearest frequency peer: claymation (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “clavier”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chiricahua
Chiricahua
3,142 corpus weight
- Chitral
Chitral
3,141 corpus weight
- clavier
clavier
3,137 corpus weight
- claymation
claymation
3,136 corpus weight
- clopidogrel
clopidogrel
3,134 corpus weight
- clumpy
clumpy
3,133 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clavier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clavier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklævɪɚ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clavier” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clavier is uncommon English at frequency #96,864 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklævɪɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clavier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”). The correct English form is clavier, spelled C-L-A-V-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clavier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier
Etymology
Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).