cluse
\klyz\
The verdict
“cluse” is uncommon French (frequency #69,693 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,693
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Passage assez resserré à travers des couches de roches dures, souvent perpendiculairement à leur direction, creusé par l’érosion d’un cours d’eau (épigénie) et qui fait communiquer deux vallées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cluse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klyz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cluse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cluse is uncommon French at frequency #69,693 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \klyz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cluse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 cluse, spelled C-L-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Passage assez resserré à travers des couches de roches dures, souvent perpendiculairement à leur direction, creusé par l’érosion d’un cours d’eau (épigénie) et qui fait communiquer deux vallées.
- 2Porte, ouvrage fortifié qui ferme un défilé.
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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Using “cluse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \klyz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.