Calcutta
/kælˈkʌtə/
"calcutta" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Calcutta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,486
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Calcutta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kælˈkʌtə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Calcutta” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Calcutta (IPA /kælˈkʌtə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,486 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Calcutta, with forms such as "aclcutta", "caclutta", and "calccutta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata. The correct English form is Calcutta, spelled C-A-L-C-U-T-T-A.
Definition
- 1Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.
- 2A resort in Suriname.
Etymology
Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclcutta
- caclutta
- calccutta
- calctuta
- calcuta
- calcutat
- callcutta
- caluctta
- ccalcutta
- clacutta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Calcutta - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Calcutta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-L-C-U-T-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kælˈkʌtə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.