clairsemé

\klɛʁ.sə.me\

/\klɛʁ.sə.me\/ adj

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The verdict

“clairsemé” is uncommon French (frequency #95,705 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,705
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas serré, en parlant des végétaux, qui n’a pas poussé dru.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clairseme · clairsemé · French

clairsemé · rank #95,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,705
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CJCE

Nearest frequency peer: CJCE (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « clairsemé »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « clairsemé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clairsemé
PropertyValue
Headwordclairsemé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\klɛʁ.sə.me\
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « clairsemé » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.clairsemétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « CJCE » (#95,704), « classifiée » (#95,707), « circonstancielles » (#95,701). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clairsemé » est au #95,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clairsemé is uncommon French at frequency #95,705 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \klɛʁ.sə.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for clairsemé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is clairsemé, spelled C-L-A-I-R-S-E-M-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas serré, en parlant des végétaux, qui n’a pas poussé dru.
  2. 2
    Cheveux qui ne sont pas drus, qui sont éloignés les uns des autres.
  3. 3
    Qui se montre de distance en distance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans toute cette région agricole, les arbres sont très clairsemés ; on n’y trouve guère que quelques rares plantations de figuiers et de nopals.
  2. La face et le tronc sont complètement dépourvus de poils et les cheveux clairsemés ; cependant, on reconnaît encore facilement sur la tête et le pubis la forme arrondie des plaques dénudées.

This word in other languages

sparse(English)ralo(Español)esparso(Português)

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 "clairsemé"?
"clairsemé" is spelled C-L-A-I-R-S-E-M-É. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛʁ.sə.me\.
What does "clairsemé" mean?
As an adjective, "clairsemé" means: Qui n’est pas serré, en parlant des végétaux, qui n’a pas poussé dru.
How do you pronounce "clairsemé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clairsemé" is \klɛʁ.sə.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clairsemé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list