clownfish
/ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/
"clownfish" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clownfish” is uncommon English (frequency #76,650 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,650
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with se...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clownfish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clownfish” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clownfish is uncommon English at frequency #76,650 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with se...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for clownfish in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From clown + fish. The correct English form is clownfish, spelled C-L-O-W-N-F-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.
Etymology
From clown + fish.
Synonyms
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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 “clownfish”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-W-N-F-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.