clado
[ˈklað̞o]
The verdict
“clado” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rama de un árbol filogenético que agrupa seres tanto vivos como extintos de especies emparentadas desde un antepasado común. Esquemáticamente se le representa mediante un cladograma.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklað̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for clado is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklað̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rama de un árbol filogenético que agrupa seres tanto vivos como extintos de especies emparentadas desde un antepasado común. Esquemáticamente se le representa mediante un cladograma.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for clado in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is clado, spelled C-L-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Rama de un árbol filogenético que agrupa seres tanto vivos como extintos de especies emparentadas desde un antepasado común. Esquemáticamente se le representa mediante un cladograma.
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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.
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Using “clado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-L-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈklað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.