Cletus
/ˈkliːt.əs/
"cletus" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cletus” is uncommon English (frequency #62,771 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,771
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cletus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkliːt.əs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cletus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cletus is uncommon English at frequency #62,771 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkliːt.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Ancient Greek.".
Cletus has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Cletus, short form of the papal name Anacletus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλητος (anáklētos, “invoked”), from ἀνακαλέω (anakaléō) + -τός (-tós). The correct English form is Cletus, spelled C-L-E-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cletus, short form of the papal name Anacletus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλητος (anáklētos, “invoked”), from ἀνακαλέω (anakaléō) + -τός (-tós).
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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Using “Cletus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-E-T-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.