cal
/kæl/noun
cal is spelled C-A-L: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cal means “Clipping of calorie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cal is cals or cals..
How many letters and syllables are in cal?
| Letters | 3: C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cal?
Cal appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cal?
- /kæl/
Cal has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with cal?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cal.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lac, alc.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cal
- cals plural
- cals. plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of calorie.
- 2
informalClipping of caliber.
- 3
informalClipping of calendar.
- 4
Clipping of calibration.
- 5
Clipping of calculator.
- 6
Calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- 7
UKarchaicwolfram, an ore of tungsten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cal come from?
Clippings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).