calama
[kaˈlamo̞]
The verdict
“calama” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêt, inactivité, cessation, relâche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calama · calama · French
calama · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | calama |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈlamo̞] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calama » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calama is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈlamo̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for calama in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is calama, spelled C-A-L-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Arrêt, inactivité, cessation, relâche.
- 2Calme, embellie.
- 3Câbleau, cable servant à remorquer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
faire la calama
i a una calama sus lei blats
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.