Which to use
“clair” is an adjective and “clara” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,787
- “clair” frequency rank
- #1,701
- “clara” frequency rank
- 29488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clair | clara |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | claro | porção albuminosa do ovo |
Letter map: clair vs clara
Shared letters muted; letters that set clair and clara apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for clair / clara
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clair is anadjective and claraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clair is recorded at frequency rank #27,787, classified as anadj, pronounced \klɛʁ\. clara is at rank #1,701, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29488, this pair ranks #39,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clair vs clara
Shared letters: aclr. Private to "clair": i. Private to "clara": -.
"clair" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clair" for "clara" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "clair" or "clara" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clair" and "clara".
- Full dictionary entry for "clair" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clair" and "clara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clair vs coagir". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #39,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.