clavícula
/klɐ.ˈvi.ku.lɐ/
The verdict
“clavícula” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,627
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - osso da parte superior do tórax, articulado com o esterno e a omoplata
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clavícula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klɐ.ˈvi.ku.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clavícula” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around clavícula (IPA /klɐ.ˈvi.ku.lɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,627 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "osso da parte superior do tórax, articulado com o esterno e a omoplata".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for clavícula, with forms such as "calvícula", "cclavícula", and "clavcíula". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is clavícula, spelled C-L-A-V-Í-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1osso da parte superior do tórax, articulado com o esterno e a omoplata
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- calvícula
- cclavícula
- clavcíula
- clavvícula
- clavíccula
- clavíclua
- clavícual
- clavículla
- clavíucla
- claívcula
- cllavícula
- clvaícula
- lcavícula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clavícula - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “clavícula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-A-V-Í-C-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /klɐ.ˈvi.ku.lɐ/ (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
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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.