clonar
/klu.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“clonar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #46,745 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #46,745
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - realizar criação de clone
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clonar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /klu.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clonar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for clonar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for clonar, with forms such as "cclonar", "cllonar", and "clnoar". 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. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cona", "colar", "clone", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 clonar, spelled C-L-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1realizar criação de clone
- 2ter imitada informação indentificadora veicular em outro automóvel de características semelhantes de forma que o que imita possa se passar pelo imitado
- 3ter 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clonar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “clonar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-O-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /klu.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cona” - see the side-by-side comparison. clonar vs cona
- 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.