klutz
/klʌts/
"klutz" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“klutz” is uncommon English (frequency #82,462 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,462
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A clumsy or stupid person.
Corpus desk
Index EN-klutz · klutz · English
klutz · rank #82,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,462
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH klink
Nearest frequency peer: klink (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “klutz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kirschner
Kirschner
17,542 corpus weight
- kitchin
kitchin
17,541 corpus weight
- klink
klink
17,540 corpus weight
- klutz
klutz
17,539 corpus weight
- knobby
knobby
17,538 corpus weight
- knotting
knotting
17,536 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “klutz” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klutz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klʌts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “klutz” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
klutz is uncommon English at frequency #82,462 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /klʌts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A clumsy or stupid person.".
Zero misspellings are on record for klutz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod. The correct English form is klutz, spelled K-L-U-T-Z.
Definition
- 1A clumsy or stupid person.
Etymology
From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.