caldera
\kal.dɛ.ʁa\
The verdict
“caldera” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépression d’origine volcanique de forme circulaire ou elliptique, issue de la vidange de la chambre magmatique sous-jacente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caldera · caldera · French
caldera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caldera |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.dɛ.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caldera » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caldera is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.dɛ.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dépression d’origine volcanique de forme circulaire ou elliptique, issue de la vidange de la chambre magmatique sous-jacente.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caldera, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caldera, spelled C-A-L-D-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Dépression d’origine volcanique de forme circulaire ou elliptique, issue de la vidange de la chambre magmatique sous-jacente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caldera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une caldera est classiquement liée à une éruption volcanique : la chambre magmatique située à quelques kilomètres de profondeur peut, à l’occasion de grandes éruptions, se vider partiellement ou en totalité.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.