calcaire

\kal.kɛʁ\

/\kal.kɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“calcaire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,444
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature de la chaux, qui contient du carbonate de calcium.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calcaire · calcaire · French

calcaire · rank #9,444 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,444
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cafés

Nearest frequency peer: cafés (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « calcaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

calcaire vs claire
75% similar
calcaire vs calvaire
88% similar
calcaire vs calcaires
89% similar

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

Key facts for calcaire
PropertyValue
Headwordcalcaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kal.kɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,444
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calcaire »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cafés » (#9,443), « canne » (#9,445), « cabane » (#9,442). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calcaire » est au #9,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around calcaire (IPA \kal.kɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,444 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for calcaire, with forms such as "aclcaire", "caclaire", and "calacire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "claire", "calvaire", "calcaires", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is calcaire, spelled C-A-L-C-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de la nature de la chaux, qui contient du carbonate de calcium.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une eau dont la teneur en ions calcium et magnésium dépasse un certain seuil.
  3. 3
    Qui contient du carbonate de calcium.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La chaux ne se rencontre jamais à l’état libre dans la nature. Elle est le plus souvent combinée avec l’acide carbonique, et forme un corps que les chimistes appellent carbonate de chaux et qui est le principal composant des pierres calcaires.
  2. Y sont particulièrement choyées, car rares, ses pelouses calcaires, ses mares temporaires de type méditerranéen, ainsi que ses aulnaies et frênaies alluviales.

Synonyms

calcarifèrekarstique

This word in other languages

calcareous(English)calcáreo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclcaire
  • caclaire
  • calacire
  • calcaier
  • calcairre
  • calcarie
  • calccaire
  • calciare
  • callcaire
  • ccalcaire
  • clacaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calcaire - 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.

aclcaire2caclaire2calacire2calcaier2calcairre1calcarie2calccaire1calciare2
Edit distance from "calcaire"

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 "calcaire"?
"calcaire" is spelled C-A-L-C-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.kɛʁ\.
What does "calcaire" mean?
As an adjective, "calcaire" means: Qui est de la nature de la chaux, qui contient du carbonate de calcium.
What words are commonly confused with "calcaire"?
"calcaire" is commonly confused with "claire", "calvaire", "calcaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calcaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calcaire" is \kal.kɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calcaire" come from?
"calcaire" 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 "calcaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

commente#9,451arrivées#9,431couloirs#9,458Anderson#9,428

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

citoyenne11 variantsbrevets11 variantsdevenait11 variantsvérités11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list