Clochemerle
\klɔʃ.mɛʁl\
The verdict
“Clochemerle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Village ou petite communauté déchirée par des querelles burlesques sans intérêt ou conséquences pour le reste du monde.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clochemerle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \klɔʃ.mɛʁl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Clochemerle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Clochemerle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \klɔʃ.mɛʁl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Clochemerle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Clochemerle, spelled C-L-O-C-H-E-M-E-R-L-E.
Definition
- 1Village ou petite communauté déchirée par des querelles burlesques sans intérêt ou conséquences pour le reste du monde.
- 2Situation intriquée où des notables s’empoignent.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Clochemerle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-O-C-H-E-M-E-R-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klɔʃ.mɛʁl\ (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.