caldeira
\kal.dɛ.ʁa\
The verdict
“caldeira” is uncommon French (frequency #88,428 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,428
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de caldera.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caldeira · caldeira · French
caldeira · rank #88,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,428
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH calomnieux
Nearest frequency peer: calomnieux (+2 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 « caldeira »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bursa
bursa
11,579 corpus weight
- bécaud
bécaud
11,577 corpus weight
- caldeira
caldeira
11,573 corpus weight
- calomnieux
calomnieux
11,571 corpus weight
- camisards
camisards
11,569 corpus weight
- Canadians
Canadians
11,568 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caldeira » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caldeira |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.dɛ.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caldeira » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caldeira is uncommon French at frequency #88,428 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.dɛ.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de caldera.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caldeira, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caldeira, spelled C-A-L-D-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de caldera.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caldeira appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Enclos renferme ainsi le volcan-bouclier actuel qui culmine à une double caldeira baptisée « cratères Bory et Dolomieu », des noms de deux pionniers géologues, Bory de Saint-Vincent et Déodat de Dolomieu.
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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