Clipperton
\kli.pœʁ.tɔn\
The verdict
“Clipperton” is uncommon French (frequency #89,535 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,535
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Atoll situé dans l’océan Pacifique nord, à 1,081 kilomètres au sud-ouest du Mexique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clipperton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kli.pœʁ.tɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Clipperton” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Clipperton is uncommon French at frequency #89,535 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kli.pœʁ.tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Clipperton in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Clipperton, spelled C-L-I-P-P-E-R-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Atoll situé dans l’océan Pacifique nord, à 1,081 kilomètres au sud-ouest du Mexique.
- 2Possession française constituée de l’atoll.
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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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Using “Clipperton”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-I-P-P-E-R-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kli.pœʁ.tɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.