clothier
/ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/
"clothier" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clothier” is uncommon English (frequency #68,100 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,100
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clothier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clothier” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clothier is uncommon English at frequency #68,100 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clothier, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English clother; equivalent to cloth + -ier; the word was later remodelled on words such as hotelier. The correct English form is clothier, spelled C-L-O-T-H-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
Etymology
From Middle English clother; equivalent to cloth + -ier; the word was later remodelled on words such as hotelier.
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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Using “clothier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-T-H-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkloʊðiə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.