Clisson
\kli.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“Clisson” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,848
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clisson · Clisson · French
Clisson · rank #43,848 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,848
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Clermontois
Nearest frequency peer: Clermontois (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Clisson »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- clameur
clameur
56,156 corpus weight
- Clermontois
Clermontois
56,154 corpus weight
- Clisson
Clisson
56,153 corpus weight
- coal
coal
56,152 corpus weight
- collez
collez
56,151 corpus weight
- colocs
colocs
56,150 corpus weight
What this shows « Clisson » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Clisson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kli.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Clisson »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Clisson (IPA \kli.sɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,848 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Clisson, with forms such as "cclisson", "cilsson", and "clison". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cuisson", "cloison", "cresson", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Clisson, spelled C-L-I-S-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Clisson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vieux château de Clisson aussi, grâce aux soins de M. Lemot, le célèbre statuaire, est tellement bien conservé, qu’on est tenté d’en vouloir à son propriétaire de n’avoir pas laissé sur ses murailles ramper une seule branche de lierre, ou pendre une seule toile d’araignée.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclisson
- cilsson
- clison
- clisosn
- clissno
- clissonn
- cllisson
- clsison
- lcisson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Clisson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).