calculateur

\kal.ky.la.tœʁ\

/\kal.ky.la.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“calculateur” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,715
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui calcule ; qui a pour habitude de prévoir et d’anticiper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calculateur · calculateur · French

calculateur · rank #27,715 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,715
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabaye

Nearest frequency peer: cabaye (-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 « calculateur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calculateur » 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).

calculateur vs calculateurs
92% similar

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

Key facts for calculateur
PropertyValue
Headwordcalculateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kal.ky.la.tœʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#27,715
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calculateur »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cabaye » (#27,714), « captation » (#27,716), « carr » (#27,717). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calculateur » est au #27,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around calculateur (IPA \kal.ky.la.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,715 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui calcule ; qui a pour habitude de prévoir et d’anticiper.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for calculateur, with forms such as "aclculateur", "caclulateur", and "calcculateur". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "calculateurs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 calculateur, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui calcule ; qui a pour habitude de prévoir et d’anticiper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais faites-moi l’honneur de croire que je suis assez calculateur pour toujours me donner la conscience nécessaire à mon état.
  2. Il est clair que les gens de Meyreuil devenaient de plus en plus calculateurs et commençaient à élaborer des stratégies, ce qui était une triste nouveauté dans le village.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclculateur
  • caclulateur
  • calcculateur
  • calcluateur
  • calcualteur
  • calculaetur
  • calculateru
  • calculateurr
  • calculatteur
  • calculatuer
  • calcullateur
  • calcultaeur
  • callculateur
  • caluclateur
  • ccalculateur
  • claculateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calculateur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aclculateur2caclulateur2calcculateur1calcluateur2calcualteur2calculaetur2calculateru2calculateurr1
Edit distance from "calculateur"

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 "calculateur"?
"calculateur" is spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.ky.la.tœʁ\.
What does "calculateur" mean?
As an adjective, "calculateur" means: Qui calcule ; qui a pour habitude de prévoir et d’anticiper.
What words are commonly confused with "calculateur"?
"calculateur" is commonly confused with "calculateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calculateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calculateur" is \kal.ky.la.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calculateur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calculateur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list