calamars

\ka.la.maʁ\

/\ka.la.maʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“calamars” is uncommon French (frequency #74,632 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,632
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de calamar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calamars · calamars · French

calamars · rank #74,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,632
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calmars

Nearest frequency peer: calmars (+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 « calamars »

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 « calamars » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for calamars
PropertyValue
Headwordcalamars
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.la.maʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « calamars » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).calamarstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « calmars » (#74,633), « Butterfield » (#74,630), « calot » (#74,634). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calamars » est au #74,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

calamars is uncommon French at frequency #74,632 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.la.maʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de calamar.".

No misspelling variants are generated for calamars in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is calamars, spelled C-A-L-A-M-A-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de calamar.

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 "calamars"?
"calamars" is spelled C-A-L-A-M-A-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.la.maʁ\.
What does "calamars" mean?
As a noun, "calamars" means: Pluriel de calamar.
How do you pronounce "calamars"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calamars" is \ka.la.maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calamars", 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