clamser
\klam.se\
The verdict
“clamser” is uncommon French (frequency #94,622 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,622
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mourir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clamser · clamser · French
clamser · rank #94,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,622
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clairsemées
Nearest frequency peer: clairsemées (-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 « clamser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- circular
circular
5,382 corpus weight
- cisailles
cisailles
5,381 corpus weight
- clairsemées
clairsemées
5,380 corpus weight
- clamser
clamser
5,379 corpus weight
- Clastres
Clastres
5,378 corpus weight
- coats
coats
5,375 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « clamser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clamser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \klam.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clamser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clamser is uncommon French at frequency #94,622 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \klam.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mourir.".
clamser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is clamser, spelled C-L-A-M-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mourir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clamser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis, je peux faire clamser nos ennemis, en piquant d'une certaine façon un crapaud que j’aurai baptisé au nom de la personne condamnée.
Je les vois dans les rues, dans les brasseries, au spectacle... Nombreux, bruyants, mobiles. Et je me mets à les imaginer clamsés. Je me dis que c’est pas possible qu’ils y aillent tous, dans le grand trou bordé de chrysanthèmes.
This word in other languages
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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