Calatrava

\ka.la.tʁa.va\

/\ka.la.tʁa.va\/ name

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The verdict

“Calatrava” is uncommon French (frequency #91,492 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,492
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne ville de Castille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calatrava · Calatrava · French

Calatrava · rank #91,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,492
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calcination

Nearest frequency peer: calcination (+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 « Calatrava »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Calatrava
PropertyValue
HeadwordCalatrava
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.la.tʁa.va\
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,492
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Calatrava » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Calatravatombe 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: « calcination » (#91,493), « CAH » (#91,490), « cambio » (#91,494). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Calatrava » est au #91,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Calatrava is uncommon French at frequency #91,492 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.la.tʁa.va\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Calatrava, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Calatrava, spelled C-A-L-A-T-R-A-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne ville de Castille.
  2. 2
    Ordre militaire qui fut fondé dans cette ville en 1158, sous Sanche III de Castille, pour la défendre contre les Maures.
  3. 3
    Localité de Guinée équatoriale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 1212, Alphonse IX. Roi de Castille, ayant repris Alcantara sur les Mores, en confia la garde & la défense, d’abord aux Chevaliers de Calatrava, & deux ans après aux Chevaliers du Poirier, autre Ordre Militaire institué en 1170 par Gomez Fernand, & approuvé par le Pape Alexandre III. sous la regle de S. Benoît. Ce fut à cette occasion, qu’ils quitterent…

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 "Calatrava"?
"Calatrava" is spelled C-A-L-A-T-R-A-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.la.tʁa.va\.
What does "Calatrava" mean?
As a proper noun, "Calatrava" means: Ancienne ville de Castille.
How do you pronounce "Calatrava"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Calatrava" is \ka.la.tʁa.va\. 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 "Calatrava", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list