clonar

//klu.ˈnaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,745

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

clonar is aPortugueseverb. It means: realizar criação de clone Pronounced /klu.ˈnaɾ/. Often confused with cona and colar.

Key facts for clonar
PropertyValue
Headwordclonar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/klu.ˈnaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,745
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for clonar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /klu.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,745 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for clonar, with forms such as "cclonar", "cllonar", and "clnoar". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cona", "colar", "clone", 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 clonar, spelled C-L-O-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    realizar criação de clone
  2. 2
    ter imitada informação indentificadora veicular em outro automóvel de características semelhantes de forma que o que imita possa se passar pelo imitado
  3. 3
    ter imitada informação indentificadora em um outro aparelho de forma que o que imita possa se passar pelo imitado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclonar,cllonar,clnoar,cloanr,clonarr,clonnar,clonra,colnar,lconar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for clonar

Misspelling Variants of "clonar"

cclonar7cllonar7clnoar6cloanr6clonarr7clonnar7clonra6colnar6
Misspelling Variants of "clonar"

Frequency rank: #46,745 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clonar"?
"clonar" is spelled C-L-O-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /klu.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "clonar" mean?
As a verb, "clonar" means: realizar criação de clone
What words are commonly confused with "clonar"?
"clonar" is commonly confused with "cona", "colar", "clone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "clonar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clonar" is /klu.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "clonar" come from?
"clonar" 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.