clinquant
/ˈklɪŋkənt/
"clinquant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clinquant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clinquant · clinquant · English
clinquant · 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
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 | clinquant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈklɪŋkənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clinquant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clinquant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈklɪŋkənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.".
Zero misspellings are on record for clinquant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French clinquant, from clinquer (“to clink”). The correct English form is clinquant, spelled C-L-I-N-Q-U-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clinquant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Today the French, / All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, / Shone down the English;
Etymology
From French clinquant, from clinquer (“to clink”).
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.