claquete
/kla.ˈkɛ.tɨ/
The verdict
“claquete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,747 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,747
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno quadro, geralmente branco, que assinala o início de cada tomada de uma filmagem e que, graças às informações técnicas nele registradas, facilita a montagem posterior do filme. [Em caso de s...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claquete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kla.ˈkɛ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “claquete” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
claquete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,747 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kla.ˈkɛ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequeno quadro, geralmente branco, que assinala o início de cada tomada de uma filmagem e que, graças às informações técnicas nele registradas, facilita a montagem posterior do filme. [Em caso de s...".
No misspelling variants are generated for claquete in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is claquete, spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1pequeno quadro, geralmente branco, que assinala o início de cada tomada de uma filmagem e que, graças às informações técnicas nele registradas, facilita a montagem posterior do filme. [Em caso de som-direto, bate-se uma peça de madeira presa por dobradiça no topo da claquete, para que o sinal sonoro emitido sirva de registro para a sincronização posterior entre som e imagem.]
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “claquete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-A-Q-U-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kla.ˈkɛ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.