The herbicide clethodim can exist as different tautomeric forms and also as E‐Z isomers. Previous works have made some approach to the matter of tautomerization and have always stated that the E form was the only one stable. In this work, the investigation on the tautomeric equilibrium of clethodim is carried out in solution by means of proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), carbon‐13 nuclear magnetic resonance (13C NMR), and correlation spectroscopy (COSY) experiments in four solvents (CDCl3, acetone‐d6, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO)‐d6, and D2O). Major tautomeric species have been identified, and equilibrium constants have been calculated from the integration of hydrogens of the chloroallyl radical of clethodim. E‐ketoenolimine is the only detectable tautomer in CDCl3. Mixtures of E‐ketoenolimine and E‐diketoenamine tautomers are observed in acetone‐d6 and DMSO‐d6 (in ratios of 8:92 and 53:47, respectively). In water, the most abundant neutral tautomers are E‐ketoenolimine, E‐diketoenamine, and Z‐ketoenolimine (with a tautomeric ratio of 66:20:14). Identification of the E and Z tautomers is reported. Thermodynamic parameters (obtained by analysis of the effect of temperature) and theoretical calculations (energies and chemical shifts) support the assignations and tautomeric ratios when considering specific clethodim‐solvent hydrogen bonds. In the case of water, calculations suggest double bonded complexes that would be the cause of stability of the tautomers. These new observations on the structure of clethodim in solution open a new series of questions on its absorption mechanism, and they are also a tool for further chemical modification of this herbicide.