clématite
\kle.ma.tit\
The verdict
“clématite” is uncommon French (frequency #93,607 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,607
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plantes grimpantes, du genre Clematis, de la famille des renonculacées, à fleurs de diverses couleurs et odorantes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clematite · clématite · French
clématite · rank #93,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,607
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cliver
Nearest frequency peer: cliver (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « clématite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- clermontoise
clermontoise
6,397 corpus weight
- climatiser
climatiser
6,396 corpus weight
- cliver
cliver
6,395 corpus weight
- clématite
clématite
6,394 corpus weight
- CNAMTS
CNAMTS
6,393 corpus weight
- cojones
cojones
6,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « clématite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clématite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kle.ma.tit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clématite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clématite is uncommon French at frequency #93,607 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kle.ma.tit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
clématite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is clématite, spelled C-L-É-M-A-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Plantes grimpantes, du genre Clematis, de la famille des renonculacées, à fleurs de diverses couleurs et odorantes.
- 2Nom donné à quelques plantes du genre Lonicera, comme la clématite de Henry (Lonicera acuminata) et la clématite de Maak (Lonicera maakii).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clématite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un ravissant cimetière, tout gai, tout ensoleillé, tout fleuri de clématites et de roses entoure l’église.
Pourtant chez Mme Saint-Alban, dans le jardin contigu, la rare clématite —celle qui montrait sous la pulpe blanche de sa fleur, comme un sang faible courant sous une peau fine, des veinules mauves— ouvrait une cascade lumineuse d’étoiles à six pointes…
This word in other languages
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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