Calcutta

\kal.ky.ta\

/\kal.ky.ta\/ noun

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The verdict

“Calcutta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,266
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Inde, capitale du Bengale occidental.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calcutta · Calcutta · French

Calcutta · rank #29,266 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,266
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH camoufler

Nearest frequency peer: camoufler (+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 « Calcutta »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Calcutta » 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
Key facts for Calcutta
PropertyValue
HeadwordCalcutta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kal.ky.ta\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,266
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Calcutta »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Calcuttase 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 « camoufler » (#29,267), « cadrage » (#29,264), « captif » (#29,268). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Calcutta » est au #29,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Calcutta (IPA \kal.ky.ta\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,266 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville d’Inde, capitale du Bengale occidental.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Calcutta, with forms such as "aclcutta", "caclutta", and "calccutta". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Calcutta, spelled C-A-L-C-U-T-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Inde, capitale du Bengale occidental.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le cyclone dévastateur de 1864 à Calcutta, suivi d'un météotsunami de 6 m remontant la Hooghly et détruisant le port, a précipité la création de l'Indian Meteorological Office, dix ans seulement après la création de son équivalent britannique.
  2. Mais son père, Ramachandra Sahu, le fouetterait s'il savait que Badri voulait aller à Calcutta, là où l'eau noire venait toucher la terre sacrée de l'Inde.

This word in other languages

Calcutta(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclcutta
  • caclutta
  • calccutta
  • calctuta
  • calcuta
  • calcutat
  • callcutta
  • caluctta
  • ccalcutta
  • clacutta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Calcutta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aclcutta2caclutta2calccutta1calctuta2calcuta1calcutat2callcutta1caluctta2
Edit distance from "Calcutta"

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 "Calcutta"?
"Calcutta" is spelled C-A-L-C-U-T-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.ky.ta\.
What does "Calcutta" mean?
As a noun, "Calcutta" means: Ville d’Inde, capitale du Bengale occidental.
What are common misspellings of "Calcutta"?
Common misspellings include "aclcutta", "caclutta", "calccutta", "calctuta", "calcuta". The correct spelling is "Calcutta".
How do you pronounce "Calcutta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Calcutta" is \kal.ky.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Calcutta" come from?
"Calcutta" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cabernet#29,262branleur#29,258changées#29,276bougeait#29,255

Similar misspelling depth

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

cadrage10 variantschicane10 variantsbandage10 variantsBalladur10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list