clara

noun

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The verdict

“clara” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,701
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porção albuminosa do ovo

Corpus desk

Index PT-clara · clara · Portuguese

clara · rank #1,701 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,701
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH carne

Nearest frequency peer: carne (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “clara”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “clara” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

clara vs cura
60% similar
clara vs czar
60% similar
clara vs claro
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for clara
PropertyValue
Headwordclara
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,701
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “clara”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).claracai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “carne” (#1,700), “clique” (#1,702), “autoridade” (#1,699). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “clara” fica em #1,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around clara, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,701 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "porção albuminosa do ovo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for clara, with forms such as "calra", "cclara", and "claar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cura", "czar", "claro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is clara, spelled C-L-A-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    porção albuminosa do ovo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how clara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Para fazer o doce, separe as gemas e bata as claras com açúcar.

This word in other languages

Eiklar(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • calra
  • cclara
  • claar
  • clarra
  • cllara
  • clraa
  • lcara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clara - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

calra2cclara1claar2clarra1cllara1clraa2lcara2
Edit distance from "clara"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clara"?
"clara" is spelled C-L-A-R-A.
What does "clara" mean?
As a noun, "clara" means: porção albuminosa do ovo
What words are commonly confused with "clara"?
"clara" is commonly confused with "cura", "czar", "claro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "clara" come from?
"clara" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clara", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carne#1,700leite#1,711posto#1,722caras#1,736

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tocar7 variantsteoria7 variantsgolpe7 variantsligar7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list