Cléo

name

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The verdict

“Cléo” is uncommon French (frequency #50,725 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,725
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cleo · Cléo · French

Cléo · rank #50,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,725
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clemens

Nearest frequency peer: clemens (-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 « Cléo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cléo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cléo
PropertyValue
HeadwordCléo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,725
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cléo » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cléotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « clemens » (#50,724), « coacher » (#50,726), « cob » (#50,727). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cléo » est au #50,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cléo is uncommon French at frequency #50,725 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Cléo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Cléo, spelled C-L-É-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.
  2. 2
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bérengère, une maman de 49 ans, en a offert à son fils, Cléo, pour ses 14 ans.

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 "Cléo"?
"Cléo" is spelled C-L-É-O.
What does "Cléo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cléo" means: Prénom masculin.
What language does "Cléo" come from?
"Cléo" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chir#50,718chia#50,717cong#50,734dais#50,757

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list