calalou
\ka.la.lu\
The verdict
“calalou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plat exotique préparé avec différents légumes, crabes, viande de porc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calalou · calalou · French
calalou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calalou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.la.lu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
calalou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.la.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plat exotique préparé avec différents légumes, crabes, viande de porc.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calalou, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is calalou, spelled C-A-L-A-L-O-U.
Definition
- 1Plat exotique préparé avec différents légumes, crabes, viande de porc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calalou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu m’apporteras la pipe, le calalou et la soupe de tortue.
Dans l'intervalle des prières, on lui apportait de quoi se nourrir en viande, poisson, calalou et surtout en lait.
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.