# Clyde

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /klʌɪd/ · frequency rank #10,828

## Definitions
1. A major river in Scotland, flowing from South Lanarkshire council area, past North Lanarkshire council area, through Glasgow council area, and past Renfrewshire council area and West Dunbartonshire council area, to the Firth of Clyde.
2. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
4. A village in northern Alberta, Canada.
5. A community in the township of North Dumfries, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
6. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
7. A small town in Otago, New Zealand.
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23. A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland).

## Etymology
The name of a river in Scotland, from the Gaelic name Cluaidh, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

## Easily confused with
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clyde-vs-code)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clyde-vs-crude)
- **Coyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clyde-vs-coyle)
- **conde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clyde-vs-conde)
- **coyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clyde-vs-coyne)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clue-vs-clyde)
- **clad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clad-vs-clyde)
- **cede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-clyde)
- **close** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/close-vs-clyde)
- **clone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-clyde)
- **Clare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clare-vs-clyde)
- **Clive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clive-vs-clyde)
- **clove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clove-vs-clyde)
- **cleve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleve-vs-clyde)
- **Claude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claude-vs-clyde)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cclyde`, `cldye`, `cllyde`, `clydde`, `clyed`, `clyyde`, `cylde`, `lcyde`

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