clamarvsclaraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: clamar is a verb, clara is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“clamar” is a verb and “clara” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,058
“clamar” frequency rank
#1,701
“clara” frequency rank
40759
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clamar clara
Definition soltar vozes altas porção albuminosa do ovo

Letter map: clamar vs clara

Shared letters muted; letters that set clamar and clara apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. clamar runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against clara's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
clamar
5 ch
clara

Part-of-speech tell for clamar / clara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clamar is averb and claraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

clamar is recorded at frequency rank #39,058, classified as averb, pronounced /klɐ.ˈmaɾ/. 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 40759, this pair ranks #25,292 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of clamar vs clara

Shared letters: aclr. Private to "clamar": m. Private to "clara": -.

"clamar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • clamar ← calmar · cclamar · claamr · clamarr · clammar · clamra · cllamar · clmaar
  • clara ← calra · cclara · claar · clarra · cllara · clraa · lcara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "clamar" for "clara" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "clamar" is a verb and "clara" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "clamar" or "clara" show up more?
"clara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,701 in our Portuguese list, against #39,058 for "clamar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "clamar" and "clara".

  • Full dictionary entry for "clamar" 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 #25,292 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clamar" and "clara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clamar vs clonar". 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 #25,292 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list