cleverer
/ˈklɛvɚɚ/
"cleverer" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cleverer” is uncommon English (frequency #62,772 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,772
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of clever: more clever
Corpus desk
Index EN-cleverer · cleverer · English
cleverer · rank #62,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,772
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cletus
Nearest frequency peer: Cletus (-1 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 “cleverer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- choreograph
choreograph
37,234 corpus weight
- Christmasti…
Christmastime
37,233 corpus weight
- clas
clas
37,231 corpus weight
- Cletus
Cletus
37,230 corpus weight
- cleverer
cleverer
37,229 corpus weight
- clincher
clincher
37,225 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cleverer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cleverer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈklɛvɚɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cleverer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cleverer is uncommon English at frequency #62,772 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈklɛvɚɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "comparative form of clever: more clever".
No misspelling variants are generated for cleverer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is cleverer, spelled C-L-E-V-E-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of clever: more clever
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cleverer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Critics were vehemently outspoken; but while they fretted about looks, they missed the cleverer points in the design itself.
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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