cloaca
/klu.ˈa.kɐ/
The verdict
“cloaca” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #55,440 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,440
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - reto dos répteis e aves
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloaca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klu.ˈa.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cloaca” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cloaca is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /klu.ˈa.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,440 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for cloaca in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 cloaca, spelled C-L-O-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1reto dos répteis e aves
- 2local para receber dejetos; fossa, privada
This word in other languages
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 “cloaca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-O-A-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /klu.ˈa.kɐ/ (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.