calcul mental
\kal.kyl mɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“calcul mental” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opération arithmétique qui se fait de tête, sans le secours de chiffres inscrits sur du papier ou sur un tableau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calcul-mental · calcul mental · French
calcul mental · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | calcul mental |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.kyl mɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calcul mental » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calcul mental is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.kyl mɑ̃.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opération arithmétique qui se fait de tête, sans le secours de chiffres inscrits sur du papier ou sur un tableau.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for calcul mental, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 calcul mental, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L- -M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Opération arithmétique qui se fait de tête, sans le secours de chiffres inscrits sur du papier ou sur un tableau.
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.