cloro
/ˈkłɔru/
The verdict
“cloro” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #18,802 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,802
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Cl, possui o número atômico 17 e massa atômica relativa 35,453; é encontrado na natureza somente em compostos com outros elementos, como o cloreto de sódio ou o cloreto ...
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 | cloro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkłɔru/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cloro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cloro is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkłɔru/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,802 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.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cloro, with forms such as "ccloro", "clloro", and "clorro". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "como", "copo", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cloro, spelled C-L-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Cl, possui o número atômico 17 e massa atômica relativa 35,453; é encontrado na natureza somente em compostos com outros elementos, como o cloreto de sódio ou o cloreto de potássio; é um gás, na temperatura ambiente, extremamente tóxico; utilizado como germicida padrão para o tratamento de água, na fabricação de papéis, derivados de petróleo, medicamentos, tintas, solvente e plásticos
- 2nome comercial de substância sólida, geralmente vendida em tabletes, para tratamento de piscinas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccloro,clloro,clorro,clroo,lcoro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cloro - 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 “cloro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-O-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkłɔru/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cor” - see the side-by-side comparison. cloro vs cor
- 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.