ciclone

//si.ˈklɔ.nɨ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,311

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

ciclone is aPortuguesenoun. It means: centro de baixa pressão atmosférica onde o ar quente se eleva e favorece a formação de nuvens e a precipitação de chuvas Pronounced /si.ˈklɔ.nɨ/. It ranks #9,311 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with clone.

Key facts for ciclone
PropertyValue
Headwordciclone
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/si.ˈklɔ.nɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,311
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ciclone in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ciclone is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /si.ˈklɔ.nɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,311 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 ciclone, with forms such as "cciclone", "ccilone", and "cicclone". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "clone", 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 Portuguese form is ciclone, spelled C-I-C-L-O-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    centro de baixa pressão atmosférica onde o ar quente se eleva e favorece a formação de nuvens e a precipitação de chuvas
  2. 2
    tempestades com ventos que circulam na forma de espiral (sentido horário no Hemisfério Sul e anti-horário no Hemisfério Norte), em alta velocidade, causando grandes destruições quando atinge regiões habitadas
  3. 3
    qualquer dispositivo de centrifugação para separar materiais sólidos, líquidos ou gasosos

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cciclone,ccilone,cicclone,cicllone,ciclnoe,cicloen,ciclonne,cicolne,cilcone,icclone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ciclone

Misspelling Variants of "ciclone"

cciclone8ccilone7cicclone8cicllone8ciclnoe7cicloen7ciclonne8cicolne7
Misspelling Variants of "ciclone"

Frequency rank: #9,311 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ciclone"?
"ciclone" is spelled C-I-C-L-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /si.ˈklɔ.nɨ/.
What does "ciclone" mean?
As a noun, "ciclone" means: centro de baixa pressão atmosférica onde o ar quente se eleva e favorece a formação de nuvens e a precipitação de chuvas
What words are commonly confused with "ciclone"?
"ciclone" is commonly confused with "clone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ciclone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ciclone" is /si.ˈklɔ.nɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ciclone" come from?
"ciclone" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.