clamor
[klaˈmoɾ]
The verdict
“clamor” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,184 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,184
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grito o voz que se emite con vigor y esfuerzo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clamor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klaˈmoɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clamor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for clamor is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [klaˈmoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,184 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for clamor, with forms such as "calmor", "cclamor", and "clammor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "claro", "clavo", "claros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 clamor, spelled C-L-A-M-O-R.
Definition
- 1Grito o voz que se emite con vigor y esfuerzo.
- 2Grito, vocerío o estruendo públicos de un conjunto de personas o de una multitud.
- 3Ruido fuerte y continuado.
- 4Voz lastimosa que indica aflicción o pasión de ánimo.
- 5Toque de campanas por los difuntos.
- 6Corriente de agua producida por una lluvia intensa, y quebrada o barranco resultantes.
- 7Voz o fama pública.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: calmor,cclamor,clammor,clamorr,clamro,claomr,cllamor,clmaor,lcamor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clamor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “clamor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-L-A-M-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [klaˈmoɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “claro” - see the side-by-side comparison. clamor vs claro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.