clava
noun
clava is spelled C-L-A-V-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clava means “Synonym of gracile tubercle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clava is clavas.
How many letters and syllables are in clava?
| Letters | 5: C-L-A-V-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is clava?
Clava appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with clava?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as clava.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: caval, calva.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of clava
- clavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clava mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of gracile tubercle.
- 2
The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does clava come from?
Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club, staff, knotty branch”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).