klamm
\klam\
The verdict
“klamm” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Humide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-klamm · klamm · French
klamm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klamm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \klam\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
klamm is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \klam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for klamm, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is klamm, spelled K-L-A-M-M.
Definition
- 1Humide.
- 2À court de, en manque de ressources financières.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how klamm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chinas örtliche Verwaltungen sind nicht nur klamm, weil die Zentralregierung ihnen in den Pandemiejahren die Kosten der ausufernden Seuchenschutzmaßnahmen aufbürdete.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.