clima

/[ˈklima]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,974

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

clima is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cúmulo de condiciones atmosféricas que caracterizan a las zonas geográficas. Pronounced [ˈklima]. It ranks #1,974 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with coma and cría.

Key facts for clima
PropertyValue
Headwordclima
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈklima]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,974
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for clima is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklima]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,974 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for clima, with forms such as "cclima", "cilma", and "cliam". 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, "coma", "cría", "clip", 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 clima, spelled C-L-I-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cúmulo de condiciones atmosféricas que caracterizan a las zonas geográficas.
  2. 2
    Cúmulo de condiciones, de situaciones y de actitudes que caracterizan una visión determinada que rodea a una persona o a un grupo de personas.
  3. 3
    Antigua medida superficial agraria que constaba de 60 pies de lado.
  4. 4
    Espacio del globo terráqueo, comprendido entre dos paralelos, en los cuales la duración del día mayor del año se diferencia en determinada cantidad.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclima,cilma,cliam,climma,cllima,clmia,lcima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clima

Misspelling Variants of "clima"

cclima6cilma5cliam5climma6cllima6clmia5lcima5
Misspelling Variants of "clima"

Frequency rank: #1,974 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clima"?
"clima" is spelled C-L-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈklima].
What does "clima" mean?
As a noun, "clima" means: Cúmulo de condiciones atmosféricas que caracterizan a las zonas geográficas.
What words are commonly confused with "clima"?
"clima" is commonly confused with "coma", "cría", "clip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clima" is [ˈklima]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clima" come from?
"clima" 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.