cloro

//ˈkłɔru// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,802

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cloro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: 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 ... Pronounced /ˈkłɔru/. Often confused with cor and como.

Key facts for cloro
PropertyValue
Headwordcloro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkłɔru/
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,802
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cloro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cloro, with forms such as "ccloro", "clloro", and "clorro". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "como", "copo", 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 cloro, spelled C-L-O-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 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
  2. 2
    nome comercial de substância sólida, geralmente vendida em tabletes, para tratamento de piscinas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccloro,clloro,clorro,clroo,lcoro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cloro

Misspelling Variants of "cloro"

ccloro6clloro6clorro6clroo5lcoro5
Misspelling Variants of "cloro"

Frequency rank: #18,802 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

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