calamités

Name: calamités, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ka.la.mi.te\

/\ka.la.mi.te\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“calamités” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,487
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-calamites · calamités · French

calamités · rank #45,487 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #45,487
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH bun

Nearest frequency peer: bun (-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.

Bradshaw

54,518
branding

54,517
brion

54,516
bun

54,515
calamités

54,514
camisole

54,511

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

calamités vs capacités

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for calamités
Property	Value
Headword	calamités
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ka.la.mi.te\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#45,487
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calamités »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).calamitésse place ici:

#45,487

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bun » (#45,486), « brion » (#45,485), « branding » (#45,484). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calamités » est au #45,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around calamités (IPA \ka.la.mi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,487 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de calamité.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for calamités, with forms such as "aclamités", "caalmités", and "calaimtés". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "capacités", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is calamités, spelled C-A-L-A-M-I-T-É-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de calamité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Après tant de troubles, d’agitations et de calamités de toute espèce, on a peine à croire à autant d’éclat et de luxe ; cela désafflige ; cela réjouit l’âme… c’est de la magie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aclamités
caalmités
calaimtés
calamites
calamitsé
calamittés
calamitéss
calamiéts
calammités
calamtiés
callamités
calmaités
ccalamités
claamités

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calamités - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "calamités"

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 "calamités"?

"calamités" is spelled C-A-L-A-M-I-T-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.la.mi.te\.

What does "calamités" mean?

As a noun, "calamités" means: Pluriel de calamité.

What words are commonly confused with "calamités"?

"calamités" is commonly confused with "capacités". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "calamités"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calamités" is \ka.la.mi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "calamités" come from?

"calamités" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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