calanques
\ka.lɑ̃k\
The verdict
“calanques” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,162
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de calanque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calanques · calanques · French
calanques · rank #40,162 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,162
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cade
Nearest frequency peer: cade (-2 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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « calanques »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bûcherons
bûcherons
59,843 corpus weight
- cabanon
cabanon
59,842 corpus weight
- cade
cade
59,841 corpus weight
- calanques
calanques
59,839 corpus weight
- camomille
camomille
59,837 corpus weight
- carabiniers
carabiniers
59,836 corpus weight
What this shows « calanques » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calanques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.lɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calanques »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around calanques (IPA \ka.lɑ̃k\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,162 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de calanque.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for calanques, with forms such as "aclanques", "caalnques", and "calannques". 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, "claques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is calanques, spelled C-A-L-A-N-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de calanque.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclanques
- caalnques
- calannques
- calanqeus
- calanqques
- calanquess
- calanquse
- calanuqes
- calaqnues
- callanques
- calnaques
- ccalanques
- claanques
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calanques - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).