Clairefontaine

\klɛʁ.fɔ̃.tɛn\

/\klɛʁ.fɔ̃.tɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“Clairefontaine” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,171
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la commune française Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, connue pour son centre national de football.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clairefontaine · Clairefontaine · French

Clairefontaine · rank #33,171 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,171
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH châle

Nearest frequency peer: châle (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Clairefontaine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Clairefontaine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Clairefontaine
PropertyValue
HeadwordClairefontaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\klɛʁ.fɔ̃.tɛn\
Letters14
Frequency rank#33,171
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Clairefontaine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Clairefontainese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « châle » (#33,170), « CMS » (#33,172), « Christoph » (#33,169). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Clairefontaine » est au #33,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around Clairefontaine (IPA \klɛʁ.fɔ̃.tɛn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,171 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Clairefontaine, with forms such as "calirefontaine", "cclairefontaine", and "claierfontaine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Clairefontaine, spelled C-L-A-I-R-E-F-O-N-T-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom de la commune française Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, connue pour son centre national de football.
  2. 2
    Ancien nom de la commune d’El Aouinet dans la wilaya de Tébessa en Algérie.
  3. 3
    Hameau de la commune belge d’Arlon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’artiste compare cette formation à celle que vivrait un footballeur international au centre de Clairefontaine.
  2. La DTN joue un rôle majeur dans la formation des jeunes (Pôles espoirs) et des entraîneurs de haut niveau (stages à Clairefontaine) et dans la définition du style de jeu (et de joueurs) à promouvoir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calirefontaine
  • cclairefontaine
  • claierfontaine
  • claireffontaine
  • clairefnotaine
  • clairefonatine
  • clairefonntaine
  • clairefontaien
  • clairefontainne
  • clairefontanie
  • clairefontiane
  • clairefonttaine
  • clairefotnaine
  • claireofntaine
  • clairfeontaine
  • clairrefontaine
  • clariefontaine
  • cliarefontaine
  • cllairefontaine
  • lcairefontaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Clairefontaine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

calirefontaine2cclairefontaine1claierfontaine2claireffontaine1clairefnotaine2clairefonatine2clairefonntaine1clairefontaien2
Edit distance from "Clairefontaine"

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 "Clairefontaine"?
"Clairefontaine" is spelled C-L-A-I-R-E-F-O-N-T-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛʁ.fɔ̃.tɛn\.
What does "Clairefontaine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Clairefontaine" means: Ancien nom de la commune française Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, connue pour son centre national de football.
What are common misspellings of "Clairefontaine"?
Common misspellings include "calirefontaine", "cclairefontaine", "claierfontaine", "claireffontaine", "clairefnotaine". The correct spelling is "Clairefontaine".
How do you pronounce "Clairefontaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Clairefontaine" is \klɛʁ.fɔ̃.tɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Clairefontaine" come from?
"Clairefontaine" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list