Calgary
/ˈkæl.ɡə.ɹi/
"calgary" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Calgary” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,857
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The largest city in Alberta, Canada.
Corpus desk
Index EN-calgary · Calgary · English
Calgary · rank #9,857 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,857
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH buffer
Nearest frequency peer: buffer (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Calgary”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bliss
bliss
90,147 corpus weight
- bodily
bodily
90,146 corpus weight
- buffer
buffer
90,145 corpus weight
- Calgary
Calgary
90,144 corpus weight
- Chapman
Chapman
90,143 corpus weight
- chopped
chopped
90,142 corpus weight
What this shows “Calgary” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Calgary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæl.ɡə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Calgary”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Calgary (IPA /ˈkæl.ɡə.ɹi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,857 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Calgary, with forms such as "aclgary", "caglary", and "calagry". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "clary", "canary", "cleary", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Scottish Gaelic cala (“harbor”) + ghearraidh, genitive of gearraidh (“pasture”) (compare Old Norse garðr (“courtyard, enclosed space”)). The Canadian city was named after the village on Mull, Scotland. The correct English form is Calgary, spelled C-A-L-G-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The largest city in Alberta, Canada.
- 2A village on the island of Mull, Scotland.
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic cala (“harbor”) + ghearraidh, genitive of gearraidh (“pasture”) (compare Old Norse garðr (“courtyard, enclosed space”)). The Canadian city was named after the village on Mull, Scotland.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclgary
- caglary
- calagry
- calgarry
- calgaryy
- calgayr
- calggary
- calgray
- callgary
- ccalgary
- clagary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Calgary - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Calgary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).