claires

\klɛʁ\

/\klɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“claires” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,288
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de clair.

Corpus desk

Index FR-claires · claires · French

claires · rank #7,288 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,288
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH citations

Nearest frequency peer: citations (-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 « claires »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « claires » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

claires vs Clare
57% similar
claires vs clairs
86% similar
claires vs classes
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for claires
PropertyValue
Headwordclaires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\klɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,288
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « claires »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « citations » (#7,287), « compatible » (#7,289), « complice » (#7,290). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « claires » est au #7,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around claires (IPA \klɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,288 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de clair.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for claires, with forms such as "calires", "cclaires", and "claiers". 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. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Clare", "clairs", "classes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is claires, spelled C-L-A-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de clair.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce petit cadavre me poursuivait ; toujours je voyais cette tête hideusement écrasée, le sang giclant sur les étoffes claires de la chambre, et le lit, taché de sang ineffaçablement !…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calires
  • cclaires
  • claiers
  • clairess
  • clairres
  • clairse
  • claries
  • cliares
  • cllaires
  • lcaires

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of claires - 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.

calires2cclaires1claiers2clairess1clairres1clairse2claries2cliares2
Edit distance from "claires"

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 "claires"?
"claires" is spelled C-L-A-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛʁ\.
What does "claires" mean?
As an adjective, "claires" means: Féminin pluriel de clair.
What words are commonly confused with "claires"?
"claires" is commonly confused with "Clare", "clairs", "classes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "claires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "claires" is \klɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "claires" come from?
"claires" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list