calculs

\kal.kyl\

/\kal.kyl\/ noun

The verdict

“calculs” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,168
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de calcul.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calculs · calculs · French

calculs · rank #6,168 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,168
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrivant

Nearest frequency peer: arrivant (-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 « calculs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calculs » 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).

calculs vs caucus
71% similar
calculs vs calcule
86% similar
calculs vs calculer
75% similar

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

Key facts for calculs
PropertyValue
Headwordcalculs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kal.kyl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,168
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calculs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).calculsse 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 « arrivant » (#6,167), « championnats » (#6,169), « are » (#6,166). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calculs » est au #6,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around calculs (IPA \kal.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,168 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de calcul.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for calculs, with forms such as "aclculs", "cacluls", and "calcculs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "caucus", "calcule", "calculer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 calculs, spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de calcul.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quand César se retourna pour dire à sa femme : — Eh bien ! que veux-tu, Constance ? son air, comme celui des hommes distraits par des calculs, fut si exorbitamment niais, que madame Birotteau se mit à rire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclculs
  • cacluls
  • calcculs
  • calclus
  • calculls
  • calculss
  • calcusl
  • callculs
  • calucls
  • ccalculs
  • claculs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aclculs2cacluls2calcculs1calclus2calculls1calculss1calcusl2callculs1
Edit distance from "calculs"

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 "calculs"?
"calculs" is spelled C-A-L-C-U-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.kyl\.
What does "calculs" mean?
As a noun, "calculs" means: Pluriel de calcul.
What words are commonly confused with "calculs"?
"calculs" is commonly confused with "caucus", "calcule", "calculer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calculs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calculs" is \kal.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calculs" come from?
"calculs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list