cleanest

adj

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"cleanest" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cleanest” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,108
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - superlative form of clean: most clean

Corpus desk

Index EN-cleanest · cleanest · English

cleanest · rank #31,108 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,108
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chopin

Nearest frequency peer: Chopin (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cleanest”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “cleanest” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cleanest vs cleans
75% similar
cleanest vs cleanse
75% similar
cleanest vs clearest
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cleanest
PropertyValue
Headwordcleanest
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,108
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cleanest”

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Chopin” (#31,107), “cleft” (#31,109), “childlike” (#31,106). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cleanest” is #31,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cleanest, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,108 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "superlative form of clean: most clean".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cleanest, with forms such as "ccleanest", "celanest", and "claenest". 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 also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cleans", "cleanse", "clearest", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is cleanest, spelled C-L-E-A-N-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    superlative form of clean: most clean

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cleanest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chief executive Andrew Haines said: "Rail is already the cleanest and greenest mode of transporting large numbers of people and goods, but we're committed to cutting our carbon footprint even further. [...]."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccleanest
  • celanest
  • claenest
  • cleaenst
  • cleanesst
  • cleanestt
  • cleanets
  • cleannest
  • cleanset
  • clenaest
  • clleanest
  • lceanest

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cleanest - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccleanest1celanest2claenest2cleaenst2cleanesst1cleanestt1cleanets2cleannest1
Edit distance from "cleanest"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cleanest"?
"cleanest" is spelled C-L-E-A-N-E-S-T.
What does "cleanest" mean?
As an adjective, "cleanest" means: superlative form of clean: most clean
What words are commonly confused with "cleanest"?
"cleanest" is commonly confused with "cleans", "cleanse", "clearest". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cleanest" come from?
"cleanest" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Charlene#31,103butthole#31,095Cuthbert#31,126birthing#31,082

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list