classe

//ˈkla.sɨ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,112

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

classe is aPortuguesenoun. It means: grupo de pessoas ou coisas com alguma característica em comum Pronounced /ˈkla.sɨ/. It ranks #1,112 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with close and crasso.

Key facts for classe
PropertyValue
Headwordclasse
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkla.sɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,112
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for classe is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkla.sɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,112 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for classe, with forms such as "calsse", "cclasse", and "clase". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "close", "crasso", "case", and more, 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 classe, spelled C-L-A-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grupo de pessoas ou coisas com alguma característica em comum
  2. 2
    categoria social; grupo
  3. 3
    distinção; excesso de aperfeiçoamento
  4. 4
    graduação
  5. 5
    aula, alunos de uma aula
  6. 6
    ano de certos cursos
  7. 7
    categoria taxonômica constituida por um conjunto de ordens; é hierarquicamente inferior à divisão
  8. 8
    em linguagens orientadas a objetos, é um conjunto de objetos com características similares

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: calsse,cclasse,clase,clases,cllasse,clsase,lcasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for classe

Misspelling Variants of "classe"

calsse6cclasse7clase5clases6cllasse7clsase6lcasse6
Misspelling Variants of "classe"

Frequency rank: #1,112 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "classe"?
"classe" is spelled C-L-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkla.sɨ/.
What does "classe" mean?
As a noun, "classe" means: grupo de pessoas ou coisas com alguma característica em comum
What words are commonly confused with "classe"?
"classe" is commonly confused with "close", "crasso", "case". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "classe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "classe" is /ˈkla.sɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "classe" come from?
"classe" 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.