clear
\klɪə(ɹ)\
The verdict
“clear” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,948
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clair, limpide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clear · clear · French
clear · rank #30,948 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,948
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clame
Nearest frequency peer: clame (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “clear”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- CHR
CHR
69,056 corpus weight
- chung
chung
69,055 corpus weight
- clame
clame
69,054 corpus weight
- clear
clear
69,053 corpus weight
- Coccinelle
Coccinelle
69,052 corpus weight
- coder
coder
69,051 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “clear” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clear |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \klɪə(ɹ)\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #30,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “clear” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around clear (IPA \klɪə(ɹ)\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,948 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for clear, with forms such as "cclear", "celar", and "clearr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clés", "clef", "Clem", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is clear, spelled C-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Clair, limpide.
- 2Évident, net, clair, limpide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's a beautiful clear sky today.
Is it clear what I'm saying?
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclear
- celar
- clearr
- clera
- cllear
- lcear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clear - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "clear" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "clés". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,948 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.