clito

\kli.to\

/\kli.to\/ noun

The verdict

“clito” is uncommon French (frequency #51,360 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,360
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-clito · clito · French

clito · rank #51,360 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,360
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH civilement

Nearest frequency peer: civilement (-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 « clito »

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 « clito » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clito
PropertyValue
Headwordclito
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kli.to\
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « clito » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clitotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « civilement » (#51,359), « Clotaire » (#51,361), « circulatoire » (#51,358). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clito » est au #51,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clito is uncommon French at frequency #51,360 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kli.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clitoris.".

No misspelling variants are generated for clito in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 clito, spelled C-L-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clitoris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne me suis jamais occupée de ce que tu fais de ta queue dans la journée, alors t’occupe pas de ce que je fais de mon clito la nuit. Compris ?
  2. Clotilde qui tenait à sa tignasse comme à la framboise de son clito.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clito"?
"clito" is spelled C-L-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kli.to\.
What does "clito" mean?
As a noun, "clito" means: Clitoris.
How do you pronounce "clito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clito" is \kli.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clito" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list