clarté

\klaʁ.te\

/\klaʁ.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“clarté” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,796
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lumière, lueur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clarte · clarté · French

clarté · rank #9,796 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,796
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cerf

Nearest frequency peer: cerf (-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 « clarté »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clarté » 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).

clarté vs clore
50% similar
clarté vs corte
50% similar
clarté vs classe
50% similar

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

Key facts for clarté
PropertyValue
Headwordclarté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klaʁ.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,796
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clarté »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clartése 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 « cerf » (#9,795), « centenaire » (#9,794), « collaborateur » (#9,798). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clarté » est au #9,796. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around clarté (IPA \klaʁ.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,796 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for clarté, with forms such as "calrté", "cclarté", and "clarrté". 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, "clore", "corte", "classe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is clarté, spelled C-L-A-R-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lumière, lueur.
  2. 2
    Objet, accessoire servant à éclairer.
  3. 3
    Transparence.
  4. 4
    Qualité des idées, du discours, du style qui les rend propres à être facilement compris.
  5. 5
    Tout ce qui éclaire l’esprit.
  6. 6
    Caractère d’une couleur qui produit sur l’œil une sensation lumineuse de niveau élevé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au jour tombant, il […] prenait un repas frugal à la clarté de la lune, ou à la lueur des étoiles.
  2. […]; des hommes mûrs pleuraient à la vue du drapeau étoilé soutenu par tout le corps de ballet noyé sous les clartés des projecteurs..

This word in other languages

light(English)Licht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calrté
  • cclarté
  • clarrté
  • clarte
  • clartté
  • clarét
  • clatré
  • cllarté
  • clraté
  • lcarté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

calrté2cclarté1clarrté1clarte1clartté1clarét2clatré2cllarté1
Edit distance from "clarté"

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 "clarté"?
"clarté" is spelled C-L-A-R-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \klaʁ.te\.
What does "clarté" mean?
As a noun, "clarté" means: Lumière, lueur.
What words are commonly confused with "clarté"?
"clarté" is commonly confused with "clore", "corte", "classe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clarté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clarté" is \klaʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clarté" come from?
"clarté" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bulles#9,791audace#9,787durent#9,816accrue#9,775

Similar misspelling depth

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

attentif10 variantsatomique10 variantscouteaux10 variantscurieuse10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list