clase

/[ˈklase]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#397

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

clase is aSpanishnoun. It means: Marca o tipo, a menudo asociado con “modelo”. Pronounced [ˈklase]. It ranks #397 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with clay and clave.

Key facts for clase
PropertyValue
Headwordclase
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈklase]
Letters5
Frequency rank#397
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of clase in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for clase is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklase]. Corpus data places it at rank #397 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for clase, with forms such as "calse", "cclase", and "clace". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "clay", "clave", "Colas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is clase, spelled C-L-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marca o tipo, a menudo asociado con “modelo”.
  2. 2
    División de estudiantes que asisten a sus diferentes aulas secundarias o universitarias.
  3. 3
    Materia que se imparte en un curso de alguna especialidad.
  4. 4
    en terminos nomenclaturales determinado taxón. Por ejemplo: la clase de las monocotiledóneas o Liliopsida.
  5. 5
    Conjunto de personas unidas por su condición, subsistencia y medios de vida comunes, lo que produce aspiraciones y objetivos similares.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: calse,cclase,clace,claes,classe,cllase,clsae,lcase

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clase

Misspelling Variants of "clase"

calse5cclase6clace5claes5classe6cllase6clsae5lcase5
Misspelling Variants of "clase"

Frequency rank: #397 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clase"?
"clase" is spelled C-L-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklase].
What does "clase" mean?
As a noun, "clase" means: Marca o tipo, a menudo asociado con “modelo”.
What words are commonly confused with "clase"?
"clase" is commonly confused with "clay", "clave", "Colas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clase"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clase" is [ˈklase]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clase" come from?
"clase" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.