# Clive

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈklaɪv/ · frequency rank #12,563

## Definitions
1. A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.
3. A village in Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.
4. A city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah, United States.
6. A town on the Clive River in Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.
7. An eastern suburb of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6766).
8. A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5124).

## Easily confused with
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-clue)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-cove)
- **close** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-close)
- **crime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-crime)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-curve)
- **Clyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-clyde)
- **clone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-clone)
- **crave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-crave)
- **clove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-clove)
- **clover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-clover)
- **cloves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-cloves)
- **Civ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civ-vs-clive)
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clip-vs-clive)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cave-vs-clive)
- **cite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cite-vs-clive)
- **clit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clit-vs-clive)
- **cine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cine-vs-clive)
- **Clio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clio-vs-clive)
- **click** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clive)
- **climb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climb-vs-clive)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cclive`, `cilve`, `cliev`, `clivve`, `cllive`, `clvie`, `lcive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/clive