calzone
cal·zone/kælˈzoʊn/noun
calzone is spelled C-A-L-Z-O-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (cal·zone). It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, calzone means “A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of calzone is calzones or calzoni.
How many letters and syllables are in calzone?
| Letters | 7: C-A-L-Z-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cal·zone |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th 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 calzone?
Calzone appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 calzone?
- UK /kæltˈsəʊni/
- UK /kælˈzəʊni/
- US /kælˈzoʊn/
Calzone has 2 syllables, split cal·zone in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-calzone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with calzone?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as calzone from its last stressed vowel (/oʊn/):
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 calzone
- calzones plural
- calzoni plural
- calzony
- calzoney
- calzonie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does calzone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Calzone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense baked Italian turnover:
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 calzone come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Italian calzone (literally “stocking, trouser”). Doublet of chausson.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).