# club

> English word · Noun · IPA /klʌb/ · frequency rank #630

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

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cu)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cuz)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cue)
- **CPU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cpu)
- **Cub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cub)
- **cob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cob)
- **CSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-csu)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cur)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cui)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cru)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-clue)
- **Cuba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cuba)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cruz)
- **coup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-coup)
- **Cubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cubs)
- **cube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-cube)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/club-vs-curb)

## Common misspellings (6)
`cclub`, `clbu`, `cllub`, `clubb`, `culb`, `lcub`

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