caleçon
\kal.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“caleçon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,073
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement de dessous en forme de pantalon ou de culotte et qui couvre le corps depuis la ceinture jusqu’à mi-cuisse, jusqu’aux genoux ou jusqu’à la cheville.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calecon · caleçon · French
caleçon · rank #20,073 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,073
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH calculées
Nearest frequency peer: calculées (-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 « caleçon »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- buissons
buissons
79,931 corpus weight
- bulgares
bulgares
79,930 corpus weight
- calculées
calculées
79,929 corpus weight
- caleçon
caleçon
79,928 corpus weight
- camper
camper
79,927 corpus weight
- cannelle
cannelle
79,926 corpus weight
What this shows « caleçon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caleçon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caleçon »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around caleçon (IPA \kal.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,073 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for caleçon, with forms such as "acleçon", "caelçon", and "calecon". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Cameron", "calepin", "caleçons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caleçon, spelled C-A-L-E-Ç-O-N.
Definition
- 1Vêtement de dessous en forme de pantalon ou de culotte et qui couvre le corps depuis la ceinture jusqu’à mi-cuisse, jusqu’aux genoux ou jusqu’à la cheville.
- 2Préparation de condiments en feuilleté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caleçon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vêtu d’un caleçon, une bière dans une main, un sandwich dans l’autre, il était planté devant le poste de télévision.
Caleçon de toile, de laine, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acleçon
- caelçon
- calecon
- caleoçn
- caleçno
- caleçonn
- calleçon
- calçeon
- ccaleçon
- claeçon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caleçon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (10 here; floor ≥5).