cluster

/\klœs.tœʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,408

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

cluster is aFrenchnoun. It means: Agglomérat d’un petit nombre d’objets. Pronounced \klœs.tœʁ\. Often confused with coûter and cutter.

Key facts for cluster
PropertyValue
Headwordcluster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klœs.tœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,408
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cluster in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cluster is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \klœs.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,408 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cluster, with forms such as "ccluster", "clluster", and "clsuter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "coûter", "cutter", "counter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cluster, spelled C-L-U-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agglomérat d’un petit nombre d’objets.
  2. 2
    Groupe d’octets.
  3. 3
    Groupe de machines. Grappe de serveurs.
  4. 4
    Résonance de plusieurs notes produites par le poing appliqué sur le clavier (une grappe de sons voisins).
  5. 5
    Regroupement de laboratoires, de centres de recherche, d’entreprises.
  6. 6
    Amas de défauts ponctuels.
  7. 7
    Cas groupés de malades, zone de regroupement de cas, foyer épidémique, foyer de contagion.
  8. 8
    Regroupement d’un grand nombre de marqueurs en un seul, ou en un seul groupe de points, pour faciliter la lecture d’une carte. L’ensemble ainsi créé peut afficher le nombre de points qu'il rassemble, ou prendre la forme d’un cercle dont le diamètre est proportionnel au nombre de points ainsi fusionnés.
  9. 9
    Appartement de grande dimension partagé par plusieurs personnes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccluster,clluster,clsuter,clusetr,clusster,clusterr,clustre,clustter,clutser,culster,lcuster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cluster

Misspelling Variants of "cluster"

ccluster8clluster8clsuter7clusetr7clusster8clusterr8clustre7clustter8
Misspelling Variants of "cluster"

Frequency rank: #31,408 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cluster"?
"cluster" is spelled C-L-U-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \klœs.tœʁ\.
What does "cluster" mean?
As a noun, "cluster" means: Agglomérat d’un petit nombre d’objets.
What words are commonly confused with "cluster"?
"cluster" is commonly confused with "coûter", "cutter", "counter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cluster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cluster" is \klœs.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cluster" come from?
"cluster" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.