clamar
[klaˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“clamar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,102 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,102
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedir de modo vehemente o imperioso algo que se necesita o a lo que se tiene derecho.
Corpus desk
Index ES-clamar · clamar · Spanish
clamar · rank #59,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,102
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH ciruelo
Nearest frequency peer: ciruelo (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “clamar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cigüeñas
cigüeñas
40,903 corpus weight
- cimarrones
cimarrones
40,902 corpus weight
- ciruelo
ciruelo
40,900 corpus weight
- clamar
clamar
40,899 corpus weight
- coal
coal
40,897 corpus weight
- Coba
Coba
40,896 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “clamar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clamar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [klaˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “clamar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
clamar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,102 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [klaˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clamar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is clamar, spelled C-L-A-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pedir de modo vehemente o imperioso algo que se necesita o a lo que se tiene derecho.
- 2Hablar o dar voces a alguien para que venga, ayude o para advertirle algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clamar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
escuchando las voces que claman justicia y que denuncian situaciones injustas, observamos que están demandando igualdad en distintas esferas
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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