Clt
\klɛʁ.mɔ̃\
The verdict
“Clt” is uncommon French (frequency #82,798 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,798
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clermont.
Corpus desk
Index FR-clt · Clt · French
Clt · rank #82,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,798
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Cloé
Nearest frequency peer: Cloé (-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 « Clt »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- claustropho…
claustrophobe
17,207 corpus weight
- cliquent
cliquent
17,206 corpus weight
- Cloé
Cloé
17,204 corpus weight
- Clt
Clt
17,203 corpus weight
- Clélia
Clélia
17,202 corpus weight
- codétenus
codétenus
17,200 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Clt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Clt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \klɛʁ.mɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #82,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Clt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Clt is uncommon French at frequency #82,798 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \klɛʁ.mɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clermont.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Clt, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Clt, spelled C-L-T.
Definition
- 1Clermont.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Clt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Monestier de Clᵗ
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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