clarine

\kla.ʁin\

/\kla.ʁin\/ noun

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The verdict

“clarine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sonnette pendue au cou des animaux qu’on fait paître dans les forêts ou à la montagne.

Key facts for clarine
PropertyValue
Headwordclarine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.ʁin\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “clarine” sits in French frequency

clarine falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clarine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.ʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sonnette pendue au cou des animaux qu’on fait paître dans les forêts ou à la montagne.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for clarine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is clarine, spelled C-L-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sonnette pendue au cou des animaux qu’on fait paître dans les forêts ou à la montagne.

This word in other languages

cencerro(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clarine"?
"clarine" is spelled C-L-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.ʁin\.
What does "clarine" mean?
As a noun, "clarine" means: Sonnette pendue au cou des animaux qu’on fait paître dans les forêts ou à la montagne.
How do you pronounce "clarine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clarine" is \kla.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clarine" come from?
"clarine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “clarine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-L-A-R-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kla.ʁin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list