clans

\klɑ̃\

/\klɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“clans” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,127
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de clan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clans · clans · French

clans · rank #12,127 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,127
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH citadelle

Nearest frequency peer: citadelle (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « clans »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « clans » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

clans vs clés
60% similar
clans vs cons
60% similar
clans vs clos
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for clans
PropertyValue
Headwordclans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,127
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clans »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clansse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « citadelle » (#12,126), « clou » (#12,128), « chargées » (#12,125). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clans » est au #12,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around clans (IPA \klɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,127 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de clan.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for clans, with forms such as "calns", "cclans", and "clanns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clés", "cons", "clos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 clans, spelled C-L-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de clan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De même en Perse, les successives conquêtes turques n’avaient pu désiraniser le pays, pourtant d’assez faible densité démographique, parce que les conquérants ne représentaient jamais que des clans turcomans peu nombreux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calns
  • cclans
  • clanns
  • clanss
  • clasn
  • cllans
  • clnas
  • lcans

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clans - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

calns2cclans1clanns1clanss1clasn2cllans1clnas2lcans2
Edit distance from "clans"

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 "clans"?
"clans" is spelled C-L-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \klɑ̃\.
What does "clans" mean?
As a noun, "clans" means: Pluriel de clan.
What words are commonly confused with "clans"?
"clans" is commonly confused with "clés", "cons", "clos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clans" is \klɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clans" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

clous#12,129aidés#12,094great#12,167Émile#12,086

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fuites8 variantsfureur8 variantsGênes8 variantsinduit8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list