clavel

\kla.vɛl\

/\kla.vɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“clavel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,557
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soude d’une qualité inférieure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clavel · clavel · French

clavel · rank #49,557 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,557
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH ciro

Nearest frequency peer: ciro (-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 « clavel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clavel » 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).

clavel vs Clèves
50% similar
clavel vs clavier
71% similar
clavel vs cave
67% similar

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

Key facts for clavel
PropertyValue
Headwordclavel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kla.vɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,557
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clavel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.clavelse 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 « ciro » (#49,556), « climatiseur » (#49,558), « clusters » (#49,559). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clavel » est au #49,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around clavel (IPA \kla.vɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for clavel, with forms such as "calvel", "cclavel", and "claevl". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Clèves", "clavier", "cave", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clavel, spelled C-L-A-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soude d’une qualité inférieure.
  2. 2
    Nom vulgaire de la raie bouclée, ou Raja clavata.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cendre de clavel contient, par livre, sept onces de base terreuse, quatre onces six gros de muriate de potasse, une once et demie de sous-carbonate de soude, un gros de sulfate de magnésie et un peu de sulfate de potasse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calvel
  • cclavel
  • claevl
  • clavell
  • clavle
  • clavvel
  • cllavel
  • clvael
  • lcavel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

calvel2cclavel1claevl2clavell1clavle2clavvel1cllavel1clvael2
Edit distance from "clavel"

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 "clavel"?
"clavel" is spelled C-L-A-V-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kla.vɛl\.
What does "clavel" mean?
As a noun, "clavel" means: Soude d’une qualité inférieure.
What words are commonly confused with "clavel"?
"clavel" is commonly confused with "Clèves", "clavier", "cave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clavel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clavel" is \kla.vɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clavel" come from?
"clavel" 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 "clavel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

carrez#49,540brider#49,531Brazza#49,530cupide#49,587

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

courais9 variantscédille9 variantsbleach9 variantsdissert9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list