calanque
\ka.lɑ̃k\
The verdict
“calanque” is uncommon French (frequency #76,393 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,393
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite baie, crique, parfois profonde et entourée de terres élevées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calanque · calanque · French
calanque · rank #76,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,393
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cabochons
Nearest frequency peer: cabochons (-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 « calanque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- béluga
béluga
23,613 corpus weight
- cabestan
cabestan
23,610 corpus weight
- cabochons
cabochons
23,609 corpus weight
- calanque
calanque
23,608 corpus weight
- calcinée
calcinée
23,607 corpus weight
- calmait
calmait
23,605 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calanque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calanque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.lɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calanque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calanque is uncommon French at frequency #76,393 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.lɑ̃k\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite baie, crique, parfois profonde et entourée de terres élevées.".
No misspelling variants are generated for calanque in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is calanque, spelled C-A-L-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Petite baie, crique, parfois profonde et entourée de terres élevées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calanque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le modèle utilisé – une grande barque de pêche et de transport côtier – date en effet de quelques décennies à peine après l’arrivée des premiers colons grecs dans la calanque du Lacydon, qui deviendra le port de Marseille.
En ombres chinoises sur le feu d’artifice chromatique d’un couchant somptueux, ils descendaient à présent sans se presser, par le chemin côtier qui mène à la calanque de Callelongue.
This word in other languages
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.
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