Calma
"calma" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Calma” is uncommon English (frequency #83,092 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,092
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Filipino surname from Kapampangan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Calma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Calma” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Calma is uncommon English at frequency #83,092 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Calma, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Filipino surname from Kapampangan, from kalma (“fortune”). The correct English form is Calma, spelled C-A-L-M-A.
Definition
- 1A Filipino surname from Kapampangan.
- 2A surname
Etymology
Filipino surname from Kapampangan, from kalma (“fortune”).
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 “Calma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-L-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.