accalmie

\a.kal.mi\

/\a.kal.mi\/ noun

The verdict

“accalmie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,626
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calme momentané qui succède à un coup de vent très violent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-accalmie · accalmie · French

accalmie · rank #38,626 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,626
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accepterai

Nearest frequency peer: accepterai (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « accalmie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « accalmie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for accalmie
PropertyValue
Headwordaccalmie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kal.mi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,626
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « accalmie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.accalmiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accepterai » (#38,627), « abusifs » (#38,624), « adossée » (#38,628). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « accalmie » est au #38,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around accalmie (IPA \a.kal.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,626 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for accalmie, with forms such as "acaclmie", "acalmie", and "accalime". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is accalmie, spelled A-C-C-A-L-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calme momentané qui succède à un coup de vent très violent.
  2. 2
    Période d’arrêt ou de calme succédant à une période d’activité ou d’agitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how accalmie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le lendemain, le vent s’établit au nord-ouest, il souffla en grande brise, et, pendant certaines accalmies, la pluie tomba avec abondance.
  2. Bien que, par intervalles, de brèves et pâles soleillées courussent sur les chemins défoncés, sur les prairies semées de flaques miroitantes, on pressentait que l’accalmie serait de peu de durée, et que l’averse recommencerait avant la fin du jour.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acaclmie
  • acalmie
  • accalime
  • accallmie
  • accalmei
  • accalmmie
  • accamlie
  • acclamie
  • cacalmie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of accalmie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acaclmie2acalmie1accalime2accallmie1accalmei2accalmmie1accamlie2acclamie2
Edit distance from "accalmie"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accalmie"?
"accalmie" is spelled A-C-C-A-L-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kal.mi\.
What does "accalmie" mean?
As a noun, "accalmie" means: Calme momentané qui succède à un coup de vent très violent.
What are common misspellings of "accalmie"?
Common misspellings include "acaclmie", "acalmie", "accalime", "accallmie", "accalmei". The correct spelling is "accalmie".
How do you pronounce "accalmie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accalmie" is \a.kal.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "accalmie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "accalmie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list