Caloundra
/kəˈlaʊndɹə/
"caloundra" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Caloundra” is uncommon English (frequency #90,249 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,249
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caloundra · Caloundra · English
Caloundra · rank #90,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,249
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Cahokia
Nearest frequency peer: Cahokia (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Caloundra”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- buttering
buttering
9,758 corpus weight
- Bylsma
Bylsma
9,756 corpus weight
- Cahokia
Cahokia
9,753 corpus weight
- Caloundra
Caloundra
9,752 corpus weight
- Calvi
Calvi
9,751 corpus weight
- camomile
camomile
9,750 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Caloundra” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caloundra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kəˈlaʊndɹə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Caloundra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Caloundra is uncommon English at frequency #90,249 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /kəˈlaʊndɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Caloundra in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Pama-Nyungan language term Kalowendah, meaning "place of the beech trees". The correct English form is Caloundra, spelled C-A-L-O-U-N-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1A suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
From the Pama-Nyungan language term Kalowendah, meaning "place of the beech trees".
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.