clavícula
[klaˈβ̞ikula]
The verdict
“clavícula” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,796. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,796
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cada uno de los dos huesos humanos visibles en la piel, que van desde el esternón (debajo de la garganta) hasta un hombro. Es alargado y con forma de «S» itálica, y se articula con el esternón en u...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clavícula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klaˈβ̞ikula] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clavícula” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around clavícula (IPA [klaˈβ̞ikula]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,796 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cada uno de los dos huesos humanos visibles en la piel, que van desde el esternón (debajo de la garganta) hasta un hombro. Es alargado y con forma de «S» itálica, y se articula con el esternón en u...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for clavícula, with forms such as "calvícula", "cclavícula", and "clabícula". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is clavícula, spelled C-L-A-V-Í-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Cada uno de los dos huesos humanos visibles en la piel, que van desde el esternón (debajo de la garganta) hasta un hombro. Es alargado y con forma de «S» itálica, y se articula con el esternón en un extremo y con la escápula en el otro.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- calvícula
- cclavícula
- clabícula
- clavcíula
- clavvícula
- clavíccula
- clavíclua
- clavícual
- clavículla
- clavíucla
- claívcula
- cllavícula
- clvaícula
- lcavícula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clavícula - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “clavícula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-L-A-V-Í-C-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [klaˈβ̞ikula] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.