CLM
\se.ɛl.ɛm\
The verdict
“CLM” is uncommon French (frequency #65,794 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,794
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de course où les compétiteurs s’élancent seuls ou en équipes sur un parcours chronométré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clm · CLM · French
CLM · rank #65,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,794
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cita
Nearest frequency peer: cita (-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 « CLM »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cimenter
cimenter
34,210 corpus weight
- Cioran
Cioran
34,209 corpus weight
- cita
cita
34,208 corpus weight
- CLM
CLM
34,207 corpus weight
- cluses
cluses
34,206 corpus weight
- coffrage
coffrage
34,204 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « CLM » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CLM |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.ɛl.ɛm\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « CLM » en français
Rare enough to double-check
CLM is uncommon French at frequency #65,794 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ɛl.ɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de course où les compétiteurs s’élancent seuls ou en équipes sur un parcours chronométré.".
Zero misspellings are on record for CLM in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is CLM, spelled C-L-M.
Definition
- 1Type de course où les compétiteurs s’élancent seuls ou en équipes sur un parcours chronométré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how CLM appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le tout premier Championnat de France de CLM verra le jour cette année-là… aux Herbiers. Thierry Marie sera vainqueur de ce premier championnat.
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.
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