calorie
cal·or·ie/ˈkæləɹi/noun
calorie is spelled C-A-L-O-R-I-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables (cal·or·ie). It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, calorie means “A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of calorie is calories.
How many letters and syllables are in calorie?
| Letters | 7: C-A-L-O-R-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cal·or·ie |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is calorie?
Calorie appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th 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).
How do you pronounce calorie?
- US /ˈkæləɹi/
- US /ˈkælɹi/
Calorie has 3 syllables, split cal·or·ie in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-calorie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with calorie?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as calorie from its last stressed vowel (/æləɹi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of calorie
- calories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does calorie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie
- 2
A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules, that can raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics.
Holonyms: kilocalorie, calorie (large-calorie sense), large calorie, Calorie (capital C) < megacalorie < gigacalorie
noun
- 1
Synonym of kilocalorie (“large calorie”).
Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate calorie?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of calorie: cal, cal..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Calorie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does calorie come from?
Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).