# Clemson

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,779

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A city in Pickens County and Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, that is home to Clemson University.
3. Clemson University.

## Etymology
From a short form of the personal name Clement + -son.

## Easily confused with
- **crimson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clemson-vs-crimson)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cclemson`, `celmson`, `clemmson`, `clemosn`, `clemsno`, `clemsonn`, `clemsson`, `clesmon`, `cllemson`, `clmeson`, `lcemson`

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