Calcit

[kalˈt͡siːt]

/[kalˈt͡siːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Calcit” is uncommon German (frequency #81,381 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,381
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weitverbreitetes farbloses bis gelbes Mineral

Corpus desk

Index DE-calcit · Calcit · German

Calcit · rank #81,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,381
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH campagne

Nearest frequency peer: campagne (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Calcit“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Calcit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Calcit
PropertyValue
HeadwordCalcit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kalˈt͡siːt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Calcit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Calcitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „campagne“ (#81,383), „Bürgernähe“ (#81,376), „Canyons“ (#81,386). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Calcit“ bei #81,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Calcit is uncommon German at frequency #81,381 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalˈt͡siːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weitverbreitetes farbloses bis gelbes Mineral".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Calcit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Calcit, spelled C-A-L-C-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    weitverbreitetes farbloses bis gelbes Mineral

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Calcit"?
"Calcit" is spelled C-A-L-C-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [kalˈt͡siːt].
What does "Calcit" mean?
As a noun, "Calcit" means: weitverbreitetes farbloses bis gelbes Mineral
How do you pronounce "Calcit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Calcit" is [kalˈt͡siːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Calcit" come from?
"Calcit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Calcit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list