claravscloroWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“clara” and “cloro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,701
“clara” frequency rank
#18,802
“cloro” frequency rank
20503
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clara cloro
Definition porção albuminosa do ovo 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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set clara and cloro apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
clara
5 ch
cloro

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

clara and cloro are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

clara is recorded at frequency rank #1,701, classified as anoun. cloro is at rank #18,802, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkłɔru/.

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 20503, this pair ranks #50,004 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of clara vs cloro

Shared letters: clr. Private to "clara": a. Private to "cloro": o.

"clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "cloro" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claracalra · cclara · claar · clarra · cllara · clraa · lcara
  • cloroccloro · clloro · clorro · clroo · lcoro

Frequency comparison

clara#1,701
cloro#18,802

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "clara" and "cloro" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "clara" or "cloro"?
"clara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,701 in our Portuguese list, against #18,802 for "cloro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering clara vs cloro

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “clara” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list