clientess

noun

"clientess" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“clientess” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female client.

Corpus desk

Index EN-clientess · clientess · English

clientess · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for clientess
PropertyValue
Headwordclientess
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “clientess” in English

clientesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clientess is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female client.".

clientess has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From client + -ess. The correct English form is clientess, spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female client.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how clientess appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Possible too to have a lawyer bribeless and without fee, if his clientess, or female client, please his eye well: […]
  2. He holds his clientesses, not by a benefit, but by a temptation; by their folly and weakness, not by their wisdom.

Etymology

From client + -ess.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clientess"?
"clientess" is spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-E-S-S.
What does "clientess" mean?
As a noun, "clientess" means: A female client.
What is the origin of the word "clientess"?
From client + -ess. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list