clear up
"clear-up" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clear up” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To clarify, to correct a misconception.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clear up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clear up” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for clear up is 8 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for clear up in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 clear up, spelled C-L-E-A-R- -U-P.
Definition
- 1To clarify, to correct a misconception.
- 2To depart or disappear.
- 3To become free of certain blemishes.
- 4Of stormy weather, to dissipate, to become calm.
- 5To clean up.
- 6To pot all of the remaining balls in a single turn.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “clear up”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-E-A-R- -U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.