clairon

\klɛ.ʁɔ̃\

/\klɛ.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“clairon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,705
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de trompette sans piston, utilisée dans les sonneries militaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clairon · clairon · French

clairon · rank #38,705 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,705
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cinquantième

Nearest frequency peer: cinquantième (-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 « clairon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clairon » 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).

clairon vs clairs
71% similar
clairon vs cloison
71% similar
clairon vs clair
71% similar

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

Key facts for clairon
PropertyValue
Headwordclairon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɛ.ʁɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,705
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clairon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).claironse 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 « cinquantième » (#38,704), « claquent » (#38,706), « cimenterie » (#38,703). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clairon » est au #38,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around clairon (IPA \klɛ.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,705 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for clairon, with forms such as "caliron", "cclairon", and "claiorn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "clairs", "cloison", "clair", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 clairon, spelled C-L-A-I-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de trompette sans piston, utilisée dans les sonneries militaires.
  2. 2
    Celui qui sonne de cet instrument.
  3. 3
    Partie du jeu de l’orgue.
  4. 4
    Espèce d’insecte coléoptère de la famille des cléridés.
  5. 5
    Surnom donné par analogie de forme au FAMAS, fusil d’assaut de l’armée française.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La fête se termina par des réjouissances bruyantes : musique, sonneries de clairons, roulements de tambours, fantasias échevelées, décharges retentissantes d’artillerie et de mousqueterie, — une orgie de couleurs, de mouvement et de bruit.
  2. Désormais, tous les jeudis et tous les dimanches, quand il n’était pas de service au collège, on le voyait arriver de son pas tranquille au fond du jardin des Contade ; il déposait lentement son parapluie sous la tonnelle, enlevait posément sa gabardine kaki, son chapeau de feutre, et prenait solennellement le clairon tout neuf aux pompons tricolores que…

This word in other languages

clarion(English)clarín(Español)Signalhorn(Deutsch)clarim(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • caliron
  • cclairon
  • claiorn
  • clairno
  • claironn
  • clairron
  • clarion
  • cliaron
  • cllairon
  • lcairon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clairon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

caliron2cclairon1claiorn2clairno2claironn1clairron1clarion2cliaron2
Edit distance from "clairon"

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 "clairon"?
"clairon" is spelled C-L-A-I-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛ.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "clairon" mean?
As a noun, "clairon" means: Sorte de trompette sans piston, utilisée dans les sonneries militaires.
What words are commonly confused with "clairon"?
"clairon" is commonly confused with "clairs", "cloison", "clair". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clairon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clairon" is \klɛ.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clairon" come from?
"clairon" 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 "clairon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

cigogne#38,702chiches#38,699Coligny#38,711comfort#38,713

Similar misspelling depth

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

coauteur10 variantsconcise10 variantscapoter10 variantscampion10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list