# caloric

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈlɒɹɪk/ · frequency rank #29,580

## Definitions
1. Relating to calories.
2. Containing calories.
3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).
4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

## Etymology
From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).

## Easily confused with
- **cleric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caloric-vs-cleric)
- **calorie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caloric-vs-calorie)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acloric`, `calloric`, `caloirc`, `calorci`, `caloricc`, `calorric`, `calroic`, `caolric`, `ccaloric`, `claoric`

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