Clamecy
\klam.si\
The verdict
“Clamecy” is uncommon French (frequency #68,923 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,923
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clamecy · Clamecy · French
Clamecy · rank #68,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,923
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clafoutis
Nearest frequency peer: clafoutis (-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 « Clamecy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cinnamon
cinnamon
31,081 corpus weight
- ciselés
ciselés
31,080 corpus weight
- clafoutis
clafoutis
31,079 corpus weight
- Clamecy
Clamecy
31,078 corpus weight
- clot
clot
31,076 corpus weight
- cocoon
cocoon
31,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Clamecy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clamecy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \klam.si\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Clamecy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Clamecy is uncommon French at frequency #68,923 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \klam.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Clamecy has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Clamecy, spelled C-L-A-M-E-C-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aisne.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de la Nièvre.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de la Nièvre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Clamecy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le combat de cette après-midi aurait lieu sur les hauteurs au delà de Vauxrot, vers Terny-Sorny, les Allemands ayant, dit-on, perdu pied sur l'Aisne, et ne pouvant plus, selon toute apparence y revenir. Cependant il est certain qu'ils tiennent toujours bon dans les grottes de Pasly, de Clamecy et de la Perrière.
J’ai besoin de causer ; et dans mon Clamecy, aux joutes de la langue, je n’en ai tout mon soûl.
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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