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calif

noun

calif is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of caliph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-L-I-F and has 2 syllables, and it appears 6.8 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of calif is califs.

What does calif mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of caliph.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce calif?

    Calif has 2 syllables (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).

    Forms of calif

    • califs plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is calif?

    Calif appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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).

    Words people confuse with calif

    Also written: caliph.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).