claire-voie
\klɛʁ.vwa\
The verdict
“claire-voie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Clôture ou paroi ajourée, faite de pièces disjointes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claire-voie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɛʁ.vwa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “claire-voie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
claire-voie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɛʁ.vwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for claire-voie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is claire-voie, spelled C-L-A-I-R-E---V-O-I-E.
Definition
- 1Clôture ou paroi ajourée, faite de pièces disjointes.
- 2Ouverture faite à rez-de-chaussée dans le mur d’un parc ou d’un jardin et qui n’est fermée que par une grille ou par une espèce de fossé appelé saut de loup.
- 3Fenêtre percée en hauteur dans un bâtiment, où l'on préfère ne pas donner de vue aux occupants.
- 4Panneau vitré, souvent articulé, recouvrant une écoutille et permettant ainsi l'entrée d'air et de lumière du jour sous le pont d'un bateau.
- 5Désigne dans un meuble des trous régulièrement espacés.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “claire-voie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-A-I-R-E---V-O-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klɛʁ.vwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.