clairette
\klɛ.ʁɛt\
The verdict
“clairette” is uncommon French (frequency #76,429 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,429
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cépage blanc ou rose cultivé dans le sud de la France, raisin de cette variété.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clairette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɛ.ʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clairette” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clairette is uncommon French at frequency #76,429 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɛ.ʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for clairette in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is clairette, spelled C-L-A-I-R-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cépage blanc ou rose cultivé dans le sud de la France, raisin de cette variété.
- 2Vin blanc mousseux fait entièrement ou partiellement avec ce cépage.
- 3Mâche. → voir doucette
- 4Maladie des vers à soie qui rend leur corps transparent.
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.
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Using “clairette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-A-I-R-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klɛ.ʁɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.