clarinetista

/klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/

//klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“clarinetista” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #92,653 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#92,653
frequency rank, Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que toca clarinete

Key facts for clarinetista
PropertyValue
Headwordclarinetista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,653
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “clarinetista” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). clarinetista lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for clarinetista is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #92,653 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa que toca clarinete".

No generated misspelling entries exist for clarinetista in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is clarinetista, spelled C-L-A-R-I-N-E-T-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que toca clarinete

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 "clarinetista"?
"clarinetista" is spelled C-L-A-R-I-N-E-T-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/.
What does "clarinetista" mean?
As a noun, "clarinetista" means: pessoa que toca clarinete
How do you pronounce "clarinetista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clarinetista" is /klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clarinetista" come from?
"clarinetista" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “clarinetista”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-A-R-I-N-E-T-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /klɐ.ɾi.nɨ.ˈtiʃ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list