large calorie

noun

"large-calorie" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“large calorie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of kilocalorie.

Corpus desk

Index EN-large-calorie · large calorie · English

large calorie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for large calorie
PropertyValue
Headwordlarge calorie
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “large calorie” in English

large caloriesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

large calorie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of kilocalorie.".

large calorie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: See Calorie. The correct English form is large calorie, spelled L-A-R-G-E- -C-A-L-O-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of kilocalorie.

Etymology

See Calorie.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "large calorie"?
"large calorie" is spelled L-A-R-G-E- -C-A-L-O-R-I-E.
What does "large calorie" mean?
As a noun, "large calorie" means: Synonym of kilocalorie.
What is the origin of the word "large calorie"?
See Calorie. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list