calculer
\kal.ky.le\
The verdict
“calculer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,953
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déterminer un nombre au moyen d’un calcul ou de calculs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calculer · calculer · French
calculer · rank #5,953 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,953
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cahier
Nearest frequency peer: cahier (-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 « calculer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- auguste
auguste
94,051 corpus weight
- bornes
bornes
94,050 corpus weight
- cahier
cahier
94,049 corpus weight
- calculer
calculer
94,048 corpus weight
- cannabis
cannabis
94,047 corpus weight
- carburant
carburant
94,046 corpus weight
What this shows « calculer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calculer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kal.ky.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calculer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around calculer (IPA \kal.ky.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,953 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for calculer, with forms such as "aclculer", "cacluler", and "calcculer". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "calculs", "circuler", "calculez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is calculer, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Déterminer un nombre au moyen d’un calcul ou de calculs.
- 2Combiner ou apprécier quelque chose.
- 3Considérer personnellement.
- 4Prendre en compte ; prêter attention à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calculer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La taxe sera calculée en prenant cette charge complète comme unité, quels que soient le nombre et le cubage des wagons réellement employés pour le transport.
Parce que l’astronomie parvenait à calculer les tables de la lune, on a cru que le but de toute science était de prévoir avec exactitude l’avenir; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclculer
- cacluler
- calcculer
- calcluer
- calcuelr
- calculerr
- calculler
- calculre
- callculer
- calucler
- ccalculer
- claculer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calculer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).