calculatrice

\kal.ky.la.tʁis\

/\kal.ky.la.tʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“calculatrice” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,127
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui compte, qui s’occupe de calcul.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calculatrice · calculatrice · French

calculatrice · rank #23,127 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,127
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caille

Nearest frequency peer: caille (-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 « calculatrice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calculatrice » 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).

calculatrice vs calculatrices
92% similar

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

Key facts for calculatrice
PropertyValue
Headwordcalculatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kal.ky.la.tʁis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#23,127
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calculatrice »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.calculatricese 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 « caille » (#23,126), « caps » (#23,128), « cabriolet » (#23,125). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calculatrice » est au #23,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around calculatrice (IPA \kal.ky.la.tʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,127 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for calculatrice, with forms such as "aclculatrice", "caclulatrice", and "calcculatrice". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "calculatrices", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 calculatrice, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui compte, qui s’occupe de calcul.
  2. 2
    Celle qui combine les choses pour atteindre un but.
  3. 3
    Machine qui effectue des opérations de mathématiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. [Cette poule] est non moins bonne calculatrice quand il s’agit de répartir les pitances : chacun aura la sienne : pas une de plus, pas une de moins.
  2. Mᵐᵉ Loutre remonte du pré son seau de lait. Mais, ni la douceur de la soirée ni le chant de l’accordéon qui semble venir au-devant d’elle tandis qu’elle approche de la maison, ne dérident son dur visage de calculatrice ; pas de rêves, dans ces vies consacrées au gain.

Synonyms

🖩calculateurcalculettemachine à calculerbabasse

This word in other languages

calculator(English)calculadora(Español)Taschenrechner(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclculatrice
  • caclulatrice
  • calcculatrice
  • calcluatrice
  • calcualtrice
  • calculartice
  • calculatirce
  • calculatrcie
  • calculatricce
  • calculatriec
  • calculatrrice
  • calculattrice
  • calcullatrice
  • calcultarice
  • callculatrice
  • caluclatrice
  • ccalculatrice
  • claculatrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aclculatrice2caclulatrice2calcculatrice1calcluatrice2calcualtrice2calculartice2calculatirce2calculatrcie2
Edit distance from "calculatrice"

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 "calculatrice"?
"calculatrice" is spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.ky.la.tʁis\.
What does "calculatrice" mean?
As a noun, "calculatrice" means: Celle qui compte, qui s’occupe de calcul.
What words are commonly confused with "calculatrice"?
"calculatrice" is commonly confused with "calculatrices". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calculatrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calculatrice" is \kal.ky.la.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calculatrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

contractuelle18 variantsdépendantes18 variantsenvironnantes18 variantsintégristes18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list