Caldera

[kalˈdeːʁa]

/[kalˈdeːʁa]/ noun

The verdict

“Caldera” is uncommon German (frequency #98,257 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,257
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kesselförmige Struktur vulkanischen Ursprungs

Corpus desk

Index DE-caldera · Caldera · German

Caldera · rank #98,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,257
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH campion

Nearest frequency peer: campion (+1 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 „Caldera“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Caldera
PropertyValue
HeadwordCaldera
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kalˈdeːʁa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Caldera“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Calderafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „campion“ (#98,258), „canale“ (#98,259), „Büstenhalter“ (#98,253). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Caldera“ bei #98,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Caldera is uncommon German at frequency #98,257 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kalˈdeːʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kesselförmige Struktur vulkanischen Ursprungs".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Caldera, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Caldera, spelled C-A-L-D-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    kesselförmige Struktur vulkanischen Ursprungs

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Caldera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zu den bedeutendsten Calderen gehören die des Teide (Teneriffa), der Tobasee (Sumatra), die Yellowstone-Caldera (USA) und die Caldera der Inselgruppe Santorin.
  2. „Die kreisrunde Bucht ist eine überflutete Caldera mit nur einer natürlichen Einfahrt, weshalb sie den sichersten Hafen der Region bietet.“

This word in other languages

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 "Caldera"?
"Caldera" is spelled C-A-L-D-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kalˈdeːʁa].
What does "Caldera" mean?
As a noun, "Caldera" means: kesselförmige Struktur vulkanischen Ursprungs
How do you pronounce "Caldera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Caldera" is [kalˈdeːʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Caldera" come from?
"Caldera" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list