cale sèche
\kal sɛʃ\
The verdict
“cale sèche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu aménagé permettant de mettre à sec des bateaux dans un port.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cale-seche · cale sèche · French
cale sèche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cale sèche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal sɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cale sèche” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cale sèche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal sɛʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu aménagé permettant de mettre à sec des bateaux dans un port.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cale sèche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cale sèche, spelled C-A-L-E- -S-È-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu aménagé permettant de mettre à sec des bateaux dans un port.
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