clever clogs
"clever-clogs" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clever clogs” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clever-clogs · clever clogs · English
clever clogs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clever clogs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clever clogs” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clever clogs is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.".
No misspelling variants are generated for clever clogs in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is clever clogs, spelled C-L-E-V-E-R- -C-L-O-G-S.
Definition
- 1Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clever clogs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'Not in itself,' said the Doctor, holding the gun at arm's length. 'But you tell me, what happens if some clever clogs gets this in his lab? Finds out how it works? The human race gets the secret of Dalek weapons. You'll all be dead by Wednesday week.'
'All right then, clever-clogs,' said Yasmin. 'Any idea which one?'
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.