Cloverdale

name

"cloverdale" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Cloverdale” is uncommon English (frequency #78,480 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,480
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Sonoma County, California, United States.

Key facts for Cloverdale
PropertyValue
HeadwordCloverdale
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,480
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Cloverdale” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Cloverdale lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cloverdale is uncommon English at frequency #78,480 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Sonoma County, California, United States.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cloverdale, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From clover + dale. The correct English form is Cloverdale, spelled C-L-O-V-E-R-D-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Sonoma County, California, United States.

Etymology

From clover + dale.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cloverdale"?
"Cloverdale" is spelled C-L-O-V-E-R-D-A-L-E.
What does "Cloverdale" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cloverdale" means: A city in Sonoma County, California, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Cloverdale"?
From clover + dale. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Cloverdale”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-V-E-R-D-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list