claraboya
[klaɾaˈβ̞oʝa]
The verdict
“claraboya” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,741 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,741
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pequeña cúpula de vidrio que se construye sobre el techo o en la parte alta de una pared con el objetivo de iluminar una habitación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claraboya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klaɾaˈβ̞oʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “claraboya” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
claraboya is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,741 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [klaɾaˈβ̞oʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pequeña cúpula de vidrio que se construye sobre el techo o en la parte alta de una pared con el objetivo de iluminar una habitación.".
No misspelling variants are generated for claraboya in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 claraboya, spelled C-L-A-R-A-B-O-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Pequeña cúpula de vidrio que se construye sobre el techo o en la parte alta de una pared con el objetivo de iluminar una habitación.
This word in other languages
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 “claraboya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-L-A-R-A-B-O-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [klaɾaˈβ̞oʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.