clubs

\klœb\

/\klœb\/ noun

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The verdict

“clubs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,765
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-clubs · clubs · French

clubs · rank #2,765 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,765
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chère

Nearest frequency peer: chère (-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 « clubs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « clubs » 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).

clubs vs Cuba
40% similar
clubs vs cube
60% similar
clubs vs crus
60% similar

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

Key facts for clubs
PropertyValue
Headwordclubs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klœb\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,765
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « clubs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).clubsse 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 « chère » (#2,764), « compétences » (#2,766), « cacher » (#2,763). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clubs » est au #2,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around clubs (IPA \klœb\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,765 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de club.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for clubs, with forms such as "cclubs", "clbus", and "cllubs". 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, "Cuba", "cube", "crus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clubs, spelled C-L-U-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de club.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Rappelons que cette expérience visait, selon les expressions de Racamier lui-même, à effectuer une révolution sans violence permettant de décarcéraliser l’institution psychiatrique, avec des mesures très diversifiées telles que : équipes mobiles d’intervention auprès de différents groupes sociaux, dont les écoles, ateliers protégés, clubs de malades, hôpi…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cclubs
  • clbus
  • cllubs
  • clubbs
  • clubss
  • clusb
  • culbs
  • lcubs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clubs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cclubs1clbus2cllubs1clubbs1clubss1clusb2culbs2lcubs2
Edit distance from "clubs"

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 "clubs"?
"clubs" is spelled C-L-U-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is \klœb\.
What does "clubs" mean?
As a noun, "clubs" means: Pluriel de club.
What words are commonly confused with "clubs"?
"clubs" is commonly confused with "Cuba", "cube", "crus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clubs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clubs" is \klœb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clubs" come from?
"clubs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chère#2,764bière#2,761auras#2,757appui#2,755

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

debout8 variantsdisais8 variantsdrogue8 variantsaffirme8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list