# Clovis

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkloʊvɪs/ · frequency rank #34,832

## Definitions
1. A male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
2. A city, the county seat of Curry County, in central northeastern New Mexico, United States.
3. A city in Fresno County, California, United States.
4. A particular site that contains evidence of an early Native American culture; the culture associated with this site.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Clovis, from Frankish *Hlōdowig, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Doublet of Louis and Ludwig.
The New Mexican city was named after a Frankish king; the Native American site and culture were named after this city.

## Easily confused with
- **COVID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clovis-vs-covid)
- **clowns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clovis-vs-clowns)
- **Clos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clos-vs-clovis)
- **clove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clove-vs-clovis)
- **clouds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clouds-vs-clovis)
- **closes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clovis)
- **clover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-clovis)
- **cloths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloths-vs-clovis)
- **cloves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloves-vs-clovis)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cclovis`, `cllovis`, `cloivs`, `cloviss`, `clovsi`, `clovvis`, `clvois`, `colvis`, `lcovis`

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