clarearvsclarezaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#22,255
“clarear” frequency rank
#13,683
“clareza” frequency rank
35938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature clarear clareza
Definition tornar claro qualidade do que é claro

Letter map: clarear vs clareza

Shared letters muted; letters that set clarear and clareza apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. clarear (CCVCVVC) and clareza (CCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
clarear
7 ch
clareza

Part-of-speech tell for clarear / clareza

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clarear is averb and clarezaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

clarear is recorded at frequency rank #22,255, classified as averb, pronounced /klɐ.ˈɾjaɾ/. clareza is at rank #13,683, 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 35938, this pair ranks #30,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of clarear vs clareza

Shared letters: acelr. Private to "clarear": -. Private to "clareza": z.

"clarear" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "clareza" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • clarearcalrear · cclarear · claerar · claraer · clarearr · clarera · clarrear · cllarear
  • clarezacalreza · cclareza · claerza · clareaz · clarezza · clarreza · clarzea · cllareza

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "clarear" and "clareza" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "clarear" is a verb and "clareza" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "clarear" or "clareza" show up more?
"clareza" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,683 in our Portuguese list, against #22,255 for "clarear". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "clarear" vs "clareza" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "clarear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clareza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "clarear" and "clareza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clarear vs clareira". 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 #30,997 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