clitoris
\kli.tɔ.ʁis\
The verdict
“clitoris” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,592 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,592
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Organe de l’appareil génital féminin, dont la partie visible, érectile, de forme ronde et allongée, se situe au sommet des petites lèvres, où il forme une proéminence de 7 à 10 millimètres de diamè...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clitoris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kli.tɔ.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clitoris” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for clitoris is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kli.tɔ.ʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,592 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Organe de l’appareil génital féminin, dont la partie visible, érectile, de forme ronde et allongée, se situe au sommet des petites lèvres, où il forme une proéminence de 7 à 10 millimètres de diamè...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for clitoris, with forms such as "cclitoris", "ciltoris", and "cliotris". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 clitoris, spelled C-L-I-T-O-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Organe de l’appareil génital féminin, dont la partie visible, érectile, de forme ronde et allongée, se situe au sommet des petites lèvres, où il forme une proéminence de 7 à 10 millimètres de diamètre. Il se prolonge en profondeur par deux racines de dix centimètres qui entourent le vagin et l’urètre féminin, qui se rejoignent pour former la partie visible.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cclitoris,ciltoris,cliotris,clitoirs,clitoriss,clitorris,clitorsi,clitrois,clittoris,cllitoris,cltioris,lcitoris
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clitoris - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “clitoris”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-I-T-O-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kli.tɔ.ʁis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.