clarinette

\kla.ʁi.nɛt\

/\kla.ʁi.nɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“clarinette” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,404
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à vent, à bec, à anche et à clefs de la famille des "bois".

Corpus desk

Index FR-clarinette · clarinette · French

clarinette · rank #31,404 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,404
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH civière

Nearest frequency peer: civière (-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 « clarinette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clarinette » 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
Key facts for clarinette
PropertyValue
Headwordclarinette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.ʁi.nɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,404
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clarinette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.clarinettese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « civière » (#31,403), « clasico » (#31,405), « civic » (#31,402). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clarinette » est au #31,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around clarinette (IPA \kla.ʁi.nɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,404 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for clarinette, with forms such as "calrinette", "cclarinette", and "clairnette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is clarinette, spelled C-L-A-R-I-N-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument à vent, à bec, à anche et à clefs de la famille des "bois".
  2. 2
    Musicien qui joue de cet instrument : un/une clarinettiste
  3. 3
    Dispositif composé d'un tube fermé et de vannes manuelles permettant d'isoler des appareils, facilitant ainsi la condamnation pour intervention.
  4. 4
    Fusil.
  5. 5
    Pénis.
  6. 6
    Bout de tuyau en cuivre, d'environ 12 cm de long, coudé de manière à sauter par dessus un autre tuyau et dont l'un des côtés est destiné à être abouté perpendiculairement à un autre tuyau. (Note : il ne doit pas être confondu avec le chapeau de gendarme qui lui ressemble.)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On distinguait le ronflement sonore de la basse, s’essoufflant à suivre le nasillement de la clarinette.
  2. Jean Dousteyssier a commencé la musique par la clarinette, au conservatoire de Bordeaux.

Synonyms

bâton de réglisseclaclaclarinettiste

This word in other languages

clarinet(English)clarinete(Español)Klarinette(Deutsch)clarinete(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calrinette
  • cclarinette
  • clairnette
  • clarientte
  • clarinete
  • clarinetet
  • clarinnette
  • clarintete
  • clarniette
  • clarrinette
  • cllarinette
  • clrainette
  • lcarinette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clarinette - 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.

calrinette2cclarinette1clairnette2clarientte2clarinete1clarinetet2clarinnette1clarintete2
Edit distance from "clarinette"

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 "clarinette"?
"clarinette" is spelled C-L-A-R-I-N-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.ʁi.nɛt\.
What does "clarinette" mean?
As a noun, "clarinette" means: Instrument à vent, à bec, à anche et à clefs de la famille des "bois".
What are common misspellings of "clarinette"?
Common misspellings include "calrinette", "cclarinette", "clairnette", "clarientte", "clarinete". The correct spelling is "clarinette".
How do you pronounce "clarinette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clarinette" is \kla.ʁi.nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clarinette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list