claricorde
\kla.ʁi.kɔʁd\
The verdict
“claricorde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manicorde.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claricorde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kla.ʁi.kɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “claricorde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
claricorde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.ʁi.kɔʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for claricorde, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is claricorde, spelled C-L-A-R-I-C-O-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Manicorde.
- 2Meuble représentant un instrument de musique à corde et clavier dans les armoiries. Il semble être issu de l’héraldique anglaise. Certains auteurs l’associent à un étui de lance de chevalier. Il est notamment utilisé en héraldique canadienne pour indiquer une brisure relative à une descendance féminine (il est alors appelé clarion). À rapprocher de guitare, harpe, luth, lyre, vièle et violon.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “claricorde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-A-R-I-C-O-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kla.ʁi.kɔʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.