# Calais

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkæleɪ/ · frequency rank #19,278

## Definitions
1. A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
2. A city in Maine.

## Etymology
From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.

## Easily confused with
- **Cali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-cali)
- **class** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-class)
- **claim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-claim)
- **calls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-calls)
- **claws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-claws)
- **Claus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-claus)
- **clans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-clans)
- **Clair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-clair)
- **clams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-clams)
- **claps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-claps)
- **clays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-clays)
- **Casas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-casas)
- **claims** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-claims)
- **Calvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-calvin)
- **calves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-calves)
- **Callie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-callie)
- **Cialis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-cialis)
- **callus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calais-vs-callus)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aclais`, `caalis`, `calaiss`, `calasi`, `calias`, `callais`, `ccalais`, `claais`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/calais