# clover

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkləʊ.və(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #18,041

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cove)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cover)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-coven)
- **comer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-comer)
- **covet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-covet)
- **coker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-coker)
- **coder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-coder)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-covey)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cower)
- **covers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-covers)
- **Cooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cooper)
- **cooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cooler)
- **covert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-covert)
- **cooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cooker)
- **cloves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-cloves)
- **culver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-culver)
- **Clovis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-clovis)
- **Croker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-croker)
- **close** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/close-vs-clover)
- **clone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-clover)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cclover`, `cllover`, `cloevr`, `cloverr`, `clovre`, `clovver`, `clvoer`, `colver`, `lcover`

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