clodo

\klɔ.do\

/\klɔ.do\/ noun

The verdict

“clodo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,729
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clochard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clodo · clodo · French

clodo · rank #37,729 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,729
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Clamart

Nearest frequency peer: Clamart (-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 « clodo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clodo » 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).

clodo vs cod
60% similar
clodo vs code
60% similar
clodo vs clos
60% similar

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

Key facts for clodo
PropertyValue
Headwordclodo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɔ.do\
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,729
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clodo »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.clodose 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 « Clamart » (#37,728), « cochonneries » (#37,730), « cimes » (#37,727). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clodo » est au #37,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around clodo (IPA \klɔ.do\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,729 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Clochard.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for clodo, with forms such as "cclodo", "cldoo", and "cllodo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cod", "code", "clos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clodo, spelled C-L-O-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clochard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des flics allaient et venaient, débonnaires, surtout attentifs à ne pas poser leurs godasses sur des détritus, ce qui leur auraient fait perdre l’équilibre et ramasser un gadin incompatible avec leur dignité. Ils frôlaient des clodos et des tapineuses.
  2. Pendant les alertes c'est là qu'on venait aux abris et quand il faisait trop froid. L'hiver c'est là qu'on vient se cacher avec les filles et toutes les nuits y’a des clodos qui viennent y roupiller.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclodo
  • cldoo
  • cllodo
  • cloddo
  • clood
  • coldo
  • lcodo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clodo - 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.

cclodo1cldoo2cllodo1cloddo1clood2coldo2lcodo2
Edit distance from "clodo"

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 "clodo"?
"clodo" is spelled C-L-O-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is \klɔ.do\.
What does "clodo" mean?
As a noun, "clodo" means: Clochard.
What words are commonly confused with "clodo"?
"clodo" is commonly confused with "cod", "code", "clos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clodo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clodo" is \klɔ.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clodo" come from?
"clodo" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list