calcule

\kal.kyl\

/\kal.kyl\/ verb

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The verdict

“calcule” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,733
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe calculer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calcule · calcule · French

calcule · rank #12,733 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH butin

Nearest frequency peer: butin (-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 « calcule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calcule » 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).

calcule vs calle
71% similar
calcule vs calque
71% similar
calcule vs cellule
71% similar

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

Key facts for calcule
PropertyValue
Headwordcalcule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kal.kyl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,733
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calcule »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « butin » (#12,732), « Campbell » (#12,734), « buenos » (#12,731). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calcule » est au #12,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around calcule (IPA \kal.kyl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,733 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calcule, with forms such as "aclcule", "caclule", and "calccule". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "calle", "calque", "cellule", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is calcule, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe calculer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe calculer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe calculer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe calculer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe calculer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour vérifier son intuition, il calcule que, parmi toutes les naines blanches qui dorment par milliards dans les galaxies, il suffit qu’une seule transmute en son cœur le faux vide en vrai vide, qu’une seule supersymétrise son cœur, pour rendre compte du taux mesuré de sursaut gamma.
  2. Chose très remarquable, Bullinger indique que la même expression Fils des Dieux en grec se calcule gématriquement par 3 123 = 21 × 153.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclcule
  • caclule
  • calccule
  • calclue
  • calcuel
  • calculle
  • callcule
  • calucle
  • ccalcule
  • clacule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aclcule2caclule2calccule1calclue2calcuel2calculle1callcule1calucle2
Edit distance from "calcule"

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 "calcule"?
"calcule" is spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.kyl\.
What does "calcule" mean?
As a verb, "calcule" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe calculer.
What words are commonly confused with "calcule"?
"calcule" is commonly confused with "calle", "calque", "cellule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calcule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calcule" is \kal.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calcule" come from?
"calcule" 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 "calcule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

clauses#12,742anormal#12,715amitiés#12,712créneau#12,756

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

blâmer10 variantsBeauvais10 variantsattendus10 variantsapprenti10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list