Cloclo
\klo.klo\
The verdict
“Cloclo” is uncommon French (frequency #78,274 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,274
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surnom donné à Claude François.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cloclo · Cloclo · French
Cloclo · rank #78,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,274
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH clavière
Nearest frequency peer: clavière (-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 « Cloclo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ciselées
ciselées
21,730 corpus weight
- clasher
clasher
21,729 corpus weight
- clavière
clavière
21,728 corpus weight
- Cloclo
Cloclo
21,727 corpus weight
- closing
closing
21,726 corpus weight
- clothing
clothing
21,725 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cloclo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cloclo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \klo.klo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cloclo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cloclo is uncommon French at frequency #78,274 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \klo.klo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surnom donné à Claude François.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cloclo, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cloclo, spelled C-L-O-C-L-O.
Definition
- 1Surnom donné à Claude François.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cloclo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cloclo, c'est le destin tragique d'une icône de la chanson française décédée à l'âge de 39 ans, qui plus de trente ans après sa disparition continue de fasciner.
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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