clava
/ˈkla.vɐ/
The verdict
“clava” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,321 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,321
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - maça
Corpus desk
Index PT-clava · clava · Portuguese
clava · rank #72,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,321
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cheer
Nearest frequency peer: cheer (-7 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “clava”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ceifar
ceifar
27,695 corpus weight
- cheer
cheer
27,687 corpus weight
- clava
clava
27,680 corpus weight
- contramestre
contramestre
27,661 corpus weight
- cooptar
cooptar
27,657 corpus weight
- corrimento
corrimento
27,655 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “clava” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clava |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkla.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “clava” em português
Rare enough to double-check
clava is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,321 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkla.vɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for clava, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 clava, spelled C-L-A-V-A.
Definition
- 1maça
- 2borduna
- 3tacape
- 4pedaço de pau usado como arma
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clava appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas se ergues da justiça a clava forte
verás que um filho teu não foge à luta
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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