clarisse

\kla.ʁis\

/\kla.ʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“clarisse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,006
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religieuse cloîtrée appartenant à l’ordre des Clarisses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clarisse · clarisse · French

clarisse · rank #27,006 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,006
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH choisisse

Nearest frequency peer: choisisse (-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 « clarisse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clarisse » 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).

clarisse vs classe
75% similar
clarisse vs crisse
75% similar
clarisse vs caisse
75% similar

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

Key facts for clarisse
PropertyValue
Headwordclarisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.ʁis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,006
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clarisse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clarissese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « choisisse » (#27,005), « Cocteau » (#27,007), « chevelu » (#27,004). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clarisse » est au #27,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around clarisse (IPA \kla.ʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,006 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Religieuse cloîtrée appartenant à l’ordre des Clarisses.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for clarisse, with forms such as "calrisse", "cclarisse", and "clairsse". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "classe", "crisse", "caisse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is clarisse, spelled C-L-A-R-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religieuse cloîtrée appartenant à l’ordre des Clarisses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’était là que résidaient les pauvres clarisses humiliées de l’Ave Maria, un ordre encore plus rigide que celui des carmélites, mais plus indigent, moins comme il faut, plus humble.
  2. Cependant aucune clarisse méridionale n’est canonisée par l’Eglise de cette époque…

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calrisse
  • cclarisse
  • clairsse
  • clarise
  • clarises
  • clarrisse
  • clarsise
  • cllarisse
  • clraisse
  • lcarisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clarisse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

calrisse2cclarisse1clairsse2clarise1clarises2clarrisse1clarsise2cllarisse1
Edit distance from "clarisse"

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 "clarisse"?
"clarisse" is spelled C-L-A-R-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.ʁis\.
What does "clarisse" mean?
As a noun, "clarisse" means: Religieuse cloîtrée appartenant à l’ordre des Clarisses.
What words are commonly confused with "clarisse"?
"clarisse" is commonly confused with "classe", "crisse", "caisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clarisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clarisse" is \kla.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clarisse" come from?
"clarisse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list