c’est clair
\s‿ɛ klɛʁ\
The verdict
“c’est clair” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Il est clair, c’est évident, il n’y a pas de doute.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | c’est clair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \s‿ɛ klɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “c’est clair” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for c’est clair is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \s‿ɛ klɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Il est clair, c’est évident, il n’y a pas de doute.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for c’est clair in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is c’est clair, spelled C-’-E-S-T- -C-L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Il est clair, c’est évident, il n’y a pas de doute.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “c’est clair”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-’-E-S-T- -C-L-A-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \s‿ɛ klɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.