clavar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#22,608
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
clavar is aSpanishverb. It means: Introducir un objeto puntiagudo en un cuerpo, mediante presión o golpes. Pronounced [klaˈβ̞aɾ]. Often confused with clave and clavo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clavar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [klaˈβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for clavar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [klaˈβ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,608 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for clavar, with forms such as "calvar", "cclavar", and "claavr". 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, "clave", "clavo", "clear", 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 clavar, spelled C-L-A-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Introducir un objeto puntiagudo en un cuerpo, mediante presión o golpes.
- 2Usar clavos para asegurar algo.
- 3Engastar piedras preciosas o semipreciosas en oro o plata.
- 4Referido a la vista, mirada o los ojos, fijarlos en algo o alguien, observar intensamente.
- 5Dejar a una persona sin reacción por efecto de la sorpresa.
- 6Acertar exactamente con algo, dar en el clavo.
- 7Burlarse de la buena fe de una persona, perjudicándola.
- 8Cobrar un precio excesivo a alguien.
- 9Apropiarse del bien ajeno, quitarle a alguien lo suyo.
- 10Darle a alguien un trabajo o tarea desagradable.
- 11Dañar, arruinar un cañón metiendo un clavo a martillazos en el oído de este.
- 12Inutilizar un caballo metiéndole un clavo hasta la carne en las pezuñas.
- 13Colocar herretes en cordones, agujetas o cintas, de modo que estos puedan entrar con facilidad en ojetes y ojales.
- 14Dejar a una pieza rival en situación de clavada.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: calvar,cclavar,claavr,clabar,clavarr,clavra,clavvar,cllavar,clvaar,lcavar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clavar
Misspelling Variants of "clavar"
Frequency rank: #22,608 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index: