clochard

\klɔ.ʃaʁ\

/\klɔ.ʃaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“clochard” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,152
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne sans domicile fixe qui mène une vie de mendicité, qui refuse les contraintes sociales ou est contrainte à la misère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clochard · clochard · French

clochard · rank #24,152 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,152
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH clercs

Nearest frequency peer: clercs (-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 « clochard »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « clochard » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

clochard vs clocher
75% similar
clochard vs clochers
75% similar
clochard vs clochards
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for clochard
PropertyValue
Headwordclochard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɔ.ʃaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,152
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clochard »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).clochardse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « clercs » (#24,151), « closes » (#24,153), « Cicéron » (#24,150). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clochard » est au #24,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around clochard (IPA \klɔ.ʃaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,152 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for clochard, with forms such as "cclochard", "clcohard", and "cllochard". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "clocher", "clochers", "clochards", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is clochard, spelled C-L-O-C-H-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne sans domicile fixe qui mène une vie de mendicité, qui refuse les contraintes sociales ou est contrainte à la misère.
  2. 2
    Toute personne à l’allure débraillée, peu soignée.
  3. 3
    Tocard, pauvre type.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Qu’est-ce qu’elle faisait de mal, la pauvre bougresse, pour qu'on la... Vingt dieux ! ça doit venir d'un des clochards qu’elle fréquentait. Ou d’un des hommes-sandwiches… Pourtant, y avait pas de raison qu’ils la tuent.
  2. Il avait cependant assisté […] à une rafle sur les quais de tous les mendigots et clochards qu’une brigade de flics avait cernés.

Synonyms

charclochemineauclodocrève-la-dallecrève-la-faimdemi-clochardgueuxhaillonneuxitinérantmendiantmengaveurmeurt-de-faimmiséreuxsans domicile fixesans-abrisans-foyersans-logisSDFtraîne-bâtontraîne-lattestraîne-patinstraîne-savatetraîne-semelletrimardtrimardeurvagabondva-nu-piedstocardenfoirésalaudmiskine

This word in other languages

bum(English)mendigo(Español)Penner(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclochard
  • clcohard
  • cllochard
  • clocahrd
  • clocchard
  • clochadr
  • clochardd
  • clocharrd
  • clochhard
  • clochrad
  • clohcard
  • colchard
  • lcochard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clochard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cclochard1clcohard2cllochard1clocahrd2clocchard1clochadr2clochardd1clocharrd1
Edit distance from "clochard"

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 "clochard"?
"clochard" is spelled C-L-O-C-H-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \klɔ.ʃaʁ\.
What does "clochard" mean?
As a noun, "clochard" means: Personne sans domicile fixe qui mène une vie de mendicité, qui refuse les contraintes sociales ou est contrainte à la misère.
What words are commonly confused with "clochard"?
"clochard" is commonly confused with "clocher", "clochers", "clochards". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clochard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clochard" is \klɔ.ʃaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clochard" come from?
"clochard" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choisira#24,149Chamonix#24,141Brussels#24,133délirant#24,192

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

cohabiter13 variantscoordonnée13 variantsdescendue13 variantsattractive13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list