cloner
\klo.ne\
The verdict
“cloner” is uncommon French (frequency #57,165 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,165
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabriquer un clone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cloner · cloner · French
cloner · rank #57,165 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,165
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cloue
Nearest frequency peer: cloue (+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 « cloner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chromatiques
chromatiques
42,839 corpus weight
- citrique
citrique
42,838 corpus weight
- cloner
cloner
42,836 corpus weight
- cloue
cloue
42,835 corpus weight
- Cluzet
Cluzet
42,834 corpus weight
- clôturée
clôturée
42,833 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cloner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \klo.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cloner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cloner is uncommon French at frequency #57,165 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \klo.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fabriquer un clone.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cloner in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 cloner, spelled C-L-O-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fabriquer un clone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cloner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'article de Burke, Carle et Olson en 1987 fit l'effet d'une bombe: cloner 500 kilobases et même une mégabase d'ADN humain dans la levure, c'était réellement un résultat révolutionnaire, […].
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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