calcio

/[ˈkalt͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#64,146

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

calcio is aGermannoun. It means: Tritt mit dem Fuß oder Huf Pronounced [ˈkalt͡ʃo].

Key facts for calcio
PropertyValue
Headwordcalcio
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkalt͡ʃo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,146
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of calcio in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for calcio is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkalt͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #64,146 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for calcio in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is calcio, spelled C-A-L-C-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tritt mit dem Fuß oder Huf
  2. 2
    der Fußball: Ballsportart, bei der zwei Mannschaften mit je elf Spielern gegeneinander antreten und versuchen, den Ball vorwiegend mit den Füßen ins gegnerische Tor zu bringen
  3. 3
    Calcium
  4. 4
    Kolben, Gewehrkolben
  5. 5
    Griff, Knauf

Antonyms

Frequency rank: #64,146 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calcio"?
"calcio" is spelled C-A-L-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkalt͡ʃo].
What does "calcio" mean?
As a noun, "calcio" means: Tritt mit dem Fuß oder Huf
How do you pronounce "calcio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calcio" is [ˈkalt͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calcio" come from?
"calcio" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.