clam
The verdict
“clam” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,920 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,920
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ocultamente, às escondidas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clam” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clam is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,920 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ocultamente, às escondidas".
No misspelling variants are generated for clam in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is clam, spelled C-L-A-M.
Definition
- 1ocultamente, às escondidas
Antonyms
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “clam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.