# cleary

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,734

## Definitions
1. A clear marble (sphere used in games), usually colored, but without decoration or design.

## Etymology
From clear + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **clerk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleary-vs-clerk)
- **clergy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleary-vs-clergy)
- **creamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleary-vs-creamy)
- **cleats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleary-vs-cleats)
- **cleave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleary-vs-cleave)
- **clay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clay-vs-cleary)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cary-vs-cleary)
- **clear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clear-vs-cleary)
- **clean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clean-vs-cleary)
- **Clark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clark-vs-cleary)
- **Clara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clara-vs-cleary)
- **Clare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clare-vs-cleary)
- **clary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clary-vs-cleary)
- **cherry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cherry-vs-cleary)
- **clears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clears-vs-cleary)
- **canary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canary-vs-cleary)
- **celery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/celery-vs-cleary)
- **cleans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleans-vs-cleary)
- **cheery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheery-vs-cleary)
- **clearly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clearly-vs-cleary)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccleary`, `celary`, `claery`, `clearry`, `clearyy`, `cleayr`, `cleray`, `clleary`, `lceary`

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