clairvoyant

/\klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,069

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

clairvoyant is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui voit clair. Pronounced \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\. Often confused with clairvoyance.

Key facts for clairvoyant
PropertyValue
Headwordclairvoyant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,069
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of clairvoyant in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for clairvoyant is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,069 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for clairvoyant, with forms such as "calirvoyant", "cclairvoyant", and "clairovyant". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "clairvoyance", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is clairvoyant, spelled C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui voit clair.
  2. 2
    Qui est intelligent, éclairé et pénétrant dans les affaires.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: calirvoyant,cclairvoyant,clairovyant,clairrvoyant,clairvoaynt,clairvoyannt,clairvoyantt,clairvoyatn,clairvoynat,clairvoyyant,clairvvoyant,clairvyoant,claivroyant,clarivoyant,cliarvoyant,cllairvoyant,lcairvoyant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clairvoyant

Misspelling Variants of "clairvoyant"

calirvoyant11cclairvoyant12clairovyant11clairrvoyant12clairvoaynt11clairvoyannt12clairvoyantt12clairvoyatn11
Misspelling Variants of "clairvoyant"

Frequency rank: #46,069 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clairvoyant"?
"clairvoyant" is spelled C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\.
What does "clairvoyant" mean?
As an adj, "clairvoyant" means: Qui voit clair.
What words are commonly confused with "clairvoyant"?
"clairvoyant" is commonly confused with "clairvoyance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clairvoyant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clairvoyant" is \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clairvoyant" come from?
"clairvoyant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.