cleeve
"cleeve" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cleeve” is uncommon English (frequency #97,948 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,948
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cleeve · cleeve · English
cleeve · rank #97,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,948
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cointreau
Nearest frequency peer: Cointreau (+3 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 “cleeve”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Christlike
Christlike
2,059 corpus weight
- Christman
Christman
2,058 corpus weight
- cleeve
cleeve
2,053 corpus weight
- Cointreau
Cointreau
2,050 corpus weight
- colocation
colocation
2,048 corpus weight
- Coloma
Coloma
2,047 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cleeve” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cleeve |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cleeve” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cleeve is uncommon English at frequency #97,948 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cleeve in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish cliabh (“basket”). The correct English form is cleeve, spelled C-L-E-E-V-E.
Definition
- 1A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.
Etymology
From Irish cliabh (“basket”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).