Which to use
“clamar” is a verb and “clima” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,058
- “clamar” frequency rank
- #1,525
- “clima” frequency rank
- 40583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clamar | clima |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | soltar vozes altas | as condições médias do tempo geralmente presentes numa região, como a temperatura, pressão do ar, umidade, precipitação, presença ou ausência do sol, ventos, etc |
Where the eye mixes clamar and clima
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between clamar and clima
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: clamar is /klɐ.ˈmaɾ/ while clima is /ˈkli.mɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40583, 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/. clima is at rank #1,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkli.mɐ/.
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 40583, this pair ranks #25,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clamar vs clima
Shared letters: aclm. Private to "clamar": r. Private to "clima": i.
"clamar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "clima" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clamar" for "clima" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "clamar" or "clima" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clamar" and "clima" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clamar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clima" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clamar" and "clima" 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 #25,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.