clone
/ˈklɔ.nɨ/
The verdict
“clone” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,243
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reprodução fiel e idêntica de algo ou alguém real ou virtual
Corpus desk
Index PT-clone · clone · Portuguese
clone · rank #13,243 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,243
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chilena
Nearest frequency peer: chilena (-3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “clone”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- caipira
caipira
86,767 corpus weight
- celestial
celestial
86,764 corpus weight
- chilena
chilena
86,761 corpus weight
- clone
clone
86,758 corpus weight
- condenar
condenar
86,750 corpus weight
- crioulo
crioulo
86,749 corpus weight
What this shows “clone” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | clone |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklɔ.nɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,243 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “clone”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around clone (IPA /ˈklɔ.nɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,243 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "reprodução fiel e idêntica de algo ou alguém real ou virtual".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for clone, with forms such as "cclone", "cllone", and "clnoe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "core", "cone", "cona", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is clone, spelled C-L-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1reprodução fiel e idêntica de algo ou alguém real ou virtual
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclone
- cllone
- clnoe
- cloen
- clonne
- colne
- lcone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clone - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).