Which to use
“clairs” is an adjective and “Clare” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,820
- “clairs” frequency rank
- #30,527
- “Clare” frequency rank
- 39347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clairs | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de clair. | Bourgade située dans le district de St Edmundsbury, dans le Suffolk, en Angleterre. |
Letter map: clairs vs Clare
Shared letters muted; letters that set clairs and Clare apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. clairs runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against Clare's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: clairs vs Clare
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clairs is anadjective and Clareaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clairs is recorded at frequency rank #8,820, classified as anadj, pronounced \klɛʁ\. Clare is at rank #30,527, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39347, this pair ranks #248,667 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clairs vs Clare
Shared letters: aclr. Private to "clairs": is. Private to "Clare": e.
"clairs" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clairs" and "Clare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "clairs" or "Clare"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clairs" and "Clare".
- Full dictionary entry for "clairs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Clare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,667 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clairs" and "Clare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clare vs clavel". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #248,667 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.