# Clermont

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #29,214

## Definitions
1. Ellipsis of Clermont-Ferrand.
2. A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France.
3. A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
4. A commune in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
5. A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
6. A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal.
7. A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec.
8. A city in Florida.
9. A town in Georgia, United States.
10. A town in Indiana.
11. A city in Iowa.
12. A town in New York; named for the nearby Taconic mountains.
13. A town in Queensland; named for Clermont-Ferrand, the hometown of a founder.
14. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; named after an early landowner.

## Etymology
From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”).

## Easily confused with
- **clement** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clement-vs-clermont)
- **Claremont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claremont-vs-clermont)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cclermont`, `celrmont`, `clemront`, `clermmont`, `clermnot`, `clermonnt`, `clermontt`, `clermotn`, `cleromnt`, `clerrmont`, `cllermont`, `clremont`, `lcermont`

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