cler
\kler\
The verdict
“cler” is uncommon French (frequency #62,864 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,864
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clair.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cler · cler · French
cler · rank #62,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,864
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH claquements
Nearest frequency peer: claquements (-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 « cler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- clapier
clapier
37,140 corpus weight
- claquage
claquage
37,139 corpus weight
- claquements
claquements
37,138 corpus weight
- cler
cler
37,137 corpus weight
- clinic
clinic
37,135 corpus weight
- coa
coa
37,134 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kler\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cler is uncommon French at frequency #62,864 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kler\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cler, spelled C-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Clair.
- 2Luisant, brillant.
- 3Beau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vit del saint ome le vis cler e bel
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).