calcules
\kal.kyl\
The verdict
“calcules” is uncommon French (frequency #64,997 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,997
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe calculer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calcules · calcules · French
calcules · rank #64,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,997
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH caddy
Nearest frequency peer: caddy (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « calcules »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- BST
BST
35,009 corpus weight
- BVB
BVB
35,007 corpus weight
- caddy
caddy
35,005 corpus weight
- calcules
calcules
35,004 corpus weight
- califourchon
califourchon
35,003 corpus weight
- cambrien
cambrien
35,000 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calcules » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calcules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kal.kyl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calcules » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calcules is uncommon French at frequency #64,997 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kal.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calcules, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 calcules, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe calculer.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe calculer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calcules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu chuchotes, tu distilles à droite, tu diffames à gauche, tu discrédites, tu suppures, tu dresses les uns contre les autres, tu doses, tu calcules, tu combines, tu alchimises et, quand le mélange est prêt, tu te fais élire.
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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