clover
/ˈkloʊ.vɚ/noun
clover is spelled C-L-O-V-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clover means “A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clover is clovers.
How many letters and syllables are in clover?
| Letters | 6: C-L-O-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is clover?
Clover appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce clover?
- UK /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/
- US /ˈkloʊ.vɚ/
- Australia /ˈkləʉ.və(ɹ)/
Clover has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-clover.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with clover?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clover from its last stressed vowel (/oʊvəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: velcro.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of clover
- clovers plural
- claver
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clover mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
- 2
The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clover in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plant in genus Trifolium:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does clover come from?
From Middle English clovere, claver, from Old English clāfre, earlier clǣfre, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kleeuwer, Low German Klaver, Klever, Dutch klaver, all “clover”. More distantly also related with German Klee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).