club

/klʌb/

//klʌb// noun

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"club" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“club” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#630
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

Corpus desk

Index EN-club · club · English

club · rank #630 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #630
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH above

Nearest frequency peer: above (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “club”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “club” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

club vs CU
0% similar
club vs cut
50% similar
club vs cup
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for club
PropertyValue
Headwordclub
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/klʌb/
Letters4
Frequency rank#630
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “club”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).clublands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “above” (#629), “common” (#631), “w” (#628). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “club” is #630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around club (IPA /klʌb/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #630 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for club, with forms such as "cclub", "clbu", and "cllub". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CU", "cut", "cup", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“b… The correct English form is club, spelled C-L-U-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
  2. 2
    A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
  3. 3
    A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
  4. 4
    An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
  5. 5
    An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
  6. 6
    A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
  7. 7
    An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
  8. 8
    A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
  9. 9
    A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
  10. 10
    Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
  11. 11
    A club sandwich.
  12. 12
    The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
  13. 13
    The propeller of an aeroplane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how club appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
  2. The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his…

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).

Synonyms

confraternitycudgelteam

This word in other languages

club(Español)club(Français)Klub(Deutsch)clube(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclub
  • clbu
  • cllub
  • clubb
  • culb
  • lcub

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of club - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cclub1clbu2cllub1clubb1culb2lcub2
Edit distance from "club"

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 "club"?
"club" is spelled C-L-U-B. The IPA pronunciation is /klʌb/.
What does "club" mean?
As a noun, "club" means: A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
What words are commonly confused with "club"?
"club" is commonly confused with "CU", "cut", "cup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "club"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "club" is /klʌb/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "club"?
Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "club", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list