cloue

\klu\

/\klu\/ verb

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The verdict

“cloue” is uncommon French (frequency #57,166 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,166
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe clouer.

Key facts for cloue
PropertyValue
Headwordcloue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\klu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,166
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cloue” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cloue lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cloue is uncommon French at frequency #57,166 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \klu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cloue, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cloue, spelled C-L-O-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe clouer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe clouer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe clouer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe clouer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe clouer.

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 "cloue"?
"cloue" is spelled C-L-O-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klu\.
What does "cloue" mean?
As a verb, "cloue" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe clouer.
How do you pronounce "cloue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cloue" is \klu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cloue" come from?
"cloue" 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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Using “cloue”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-L-O-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \klu\ (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

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list