calcanéus
\kal.ka.ne.ys\
The verdict
“calcanéus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de calcanéum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calcaneus · calcanéus · French
calcanéus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calcanéus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.ka.ne.ys\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calcanéus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calcanéus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.ka.ne.ys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de calcanéum.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calcanéus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 calcanéus, spelled C-A-L-C-A-N-É-U-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de calcanéum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calcanéus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les fractures du calcanéus surviennent souvent à la suite d’une chute, chez des parachutistes inexpérimentés, chez des cambrioleurs (qui tombent d’un tuyau de décharge) ou chez d’autres «sauteurs».
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.