clairvoyants

\klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\

/\klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“clairvoyants” is uncommon French (frequency #92,554 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,554
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-clairvoyants · clairvoyants · French

clairvoyants · rank #92,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,554
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cinglantes

Nearest frequency peer: cinglantes (-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 « clairvoyants »

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 « clairvoyants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clairvoyants
PropertyValue
Headwordclairvoyants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,554
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « clairvoyants » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clairvoyantstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cinglantes » (#92,553), « classica » (#92,555), « cimentier » (#92,551). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clairvoyants » est au #92,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clairvoyants is uncommon French at frequency #92,554 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de clairvoyant.".

clairvoyants has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is clairvoyants, spelled C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de clairvoyant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Depuis lors, et comme l’observent les Anglais clairvoyants, l’Inde n’a pas cessé de se débritanniser.

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 "clairvoyants"?
"clairvoyants" is spelled C-L-A-I-R-V-O-Y-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\.
What does "clairvoyants" mean?
As an adjective, "clairvoyants" means: Masculin pluriel de clairvoyant.
How do you pronounce "clairvoyants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clairvoyants" is \klɛʁ.vwa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list