clair comme le jour

\klɛʁ kɔm lə ʒuʁ\

/\klɛʁ kɔm lə ʒuʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“clair comme le jour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Évident ou facile à comprendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clair-comme-le-jour · clair comme le jour · French

clair comme le jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for clair comme le jour
PropertyValue
Headwordclair comme le jour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\klɛʁ kɔm lə ʒuʁ\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “clair comme le jour” sits in French frequency

clair comme le jour falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clair comme le jour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \klɛʁ kɔm lə ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Évident ou facile à comprendre.".

clair comme le jour doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clair comme le jour, spelled C-L-A-I-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E- -J-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Évident ou facile à comprendre.

Synonyms

aussi clair qu’il fait jourclair comme de l’eau de rocheclair comme jour

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clair comme le jour"?
"clair comme le jour" is spelled C-L-A-I-R- -C-O-M-M-E- -L-E- -J-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛʁ kɔm lə ʒuʁ\.
What does "clair comme le jour" mean?
As an adjective, "clair comme le jour" means: Évident ou facile à comprendre.
How do you pronounce "clair comme le jour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clair comme le jour" is \klɛʁ kɔm lə ʒuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clair comme le jour" come from?
"clair comme le jour" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list