claim

\klɛm\

/\klɛm\/ noun

The verdict

“claim” is uncommon French (frequency #65,023 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,023
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit de concession minière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-claim · claim · French

claim · rank #65,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,023
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cimer

Nearest frequency peer: cimer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « claim »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « claim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for claim
PropertyValue
Headwordclaim
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#65,023
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « claim » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).claimtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cimer » (#65,022), « Clicquot » (#65,024), « chique » (#65,021). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « claim » est au #65,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

claim is uncommon French at frequency #65,023 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Droit de concession minière.".

Zero misspellings are on record for claim in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is claim, spelled C-L-A-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Droit de concession minière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cet enregistrement se fera dans un livre tenu à cet effet, dans lequel seront inscrits le nom du claim, le nom de chaque propriétaire, le numéro de son certificat, le lieu où se trouve la mine, la date de l’enregistrement et tous autres détails jugés nécessaires par le commissaire des mines d’or.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "claim"?
"claim" is spelled C-L-A-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛm\.
What does "claim" mean?
As a noun, "claim" means: Droit de concession minière.
How do you pronounce "claim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "claim" is \klɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "claim" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list