Calabria

[ka.ˈlaː.brja]

/[ka.ˈlaː.brja]/ name

The verdict

“Calabria” is uncommon French (frequency #99,954 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,954
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calabre, région d’Italie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calabria · Calabria · French

Calabria · rank #99,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,954
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calculettes

Nearest frequency peer: calculettes (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Calabria »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Calabria » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Calabria
PropertyValue
HeadwordCalabria
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ka.ˈlaː.brja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,954
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Calabria » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Calabriatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « calculettes » (#99,955), « Caffarelli » (#99,952), « caleta » (#99,956). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Calabria » est au #99,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Calabria is uncommon French at frequency #99,954 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ka.ˈlaː.brja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Calabria, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Calabria, spelled C-A-L-A-B-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calabre, région d’Italie.
  2. 2
    Ancienne division administrative du royaume de Sicile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Calabria Citeriore o latina ; Calabria Ulteriore o greca.

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 "Calabria"?
"Calabria" is spelled C-A-L-A-B-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ka.ˈlaː.brja].
What does "Calabria" mean?
As a proper noun, "Calabria" means: Calabre, région d’Italie.
How do you pronounce "Calabria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Calabria" is [ka.ˈlaː.brja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Calabria" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list