club

\klœb\

/\klœb\/ noun

The verdict

“club” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#550
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Association groupant des membres ayant des activités collectives, des intérêts communs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-club · club · French

club · rank #550 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #550
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH action

Nearest frequency peer: action (-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 « club »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « club » 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).

club vs cul
50% similar
club vs cru
50% similar
club vs cou
50% similar

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

Key facts for club
PropertyValue
Headwordclub
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klœb\
Letters4
Frequency rank#550
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « club »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clubse 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 « action » (#549), « culture » (#551), « venir » (#548). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « club » est au #550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around club (IPA \klœb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #550 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for club, with forms such as "cclub", "clbu", and "cllub". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cul", "cru", "cou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is club, spelled C-L-U-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Association groupant des membres ayant des activités collectives, des intérêts communs.
  2. 2
    Groupe politique durant la Révolution.
  3. 3
    Canne à spatule de bois ou d’acier, utilisée pour frapper la balle de golf.
  4. 4
    Boîte de nuit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une campagne de crowdfunding a d’ailleurs été lancée. Le but est de réunir la maximum de dons pour aider les clubs de sauvetage côtier de Nouvelle-Aquitaine à acquérir du matériel et développer la formation des jeunes MNS.
  2. La maison est toujours pleine de monde, des repas avec animation, des concours de rummikub, de boules, des conférences, la chorale, le club informatique, le karaoké…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclub
  • clbu
  • cllub
  • clubb
  • culb
  • lcub

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of club - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cclub1clbu2cllub1clubb1culb2lcub2
Edit distance from "club"

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 "club"?
"club" is spelled C-L-U-B. The IPA pronunciation is \klœb\.
What does "club" mean?
As a noun, "club" means: Association groupant des membres ayant des activités collectives, des intérêts communs.
What words are commonly confused with "club"?
"club" is commonly confused with "cul", "cru", "cou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "club"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "club" is \klœb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "club" come from?
"club" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list