clo
[ˈklo]
The verdict
“clo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,750 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,750
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imita la voz que emiten la gallina y otras gallináceas, especialmente cuando están empollando o llamando a sus pollitos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-clo · clo · Spanish
clo · rank #83,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,750
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cobertizos
Nearest frequency peer: cobertizos (+3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “clo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ciclónica
ciclónica
16,258 corpus weight
- circles
circles
16,257 corpus weight
- clo
clo
16,251 corpus weight
- cobertizos
cobertizos
16,248 corpus weight
- colectar
colectar
16,247 corpus weight
- coloraciones
coloraciones
16,246 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “clo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklo] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #83,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “clo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
clo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,750 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Imita la voz que emiten la gallina y otras gallináceas, especialmente cuando están empollando o llamando a sus pollitos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is clo, spelled C-L-O.
Definition
- 1Imita la voz que emiten la gallina y otras gallináceas, especialmente cuando están empollando o llamando a sus pollitos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El arrorró con que aduerme a la pequeña; los juegos infantiles; el clocló de la gallina pinta.
Synonyms
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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