calendaire
\ka.lɑ̃.dɛʁ\
The verdict
“calendaire” is uncommon French (frequency #68,877 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,877
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au calendrier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calendaire · calendaire · French
calendaire · rank #68,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,877
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH calas
Nearest frequency peer: calas (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « calendaire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cadot
Cadot
31,127 corpus weight
- Caillaux
Caillaux
31,126 corpus weight
- calas
calas
31,125 corpus weight
- calendaire
calendaire
31,124 corpus weight
- cambrure
cambrure
31,123 corpus weight
- camouflée
camouflée
31,122 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calendaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calendaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.lɑ̃.dɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calendaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calendaire is uncommon French at frequency #68,877 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.lɑ̃.dɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au calendrier.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calendaire, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is calendaire, spelled C-A-L-E-N-D-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif au calendrier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calendaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Année calendaire, période commençant le premier janvier et se terminant le 31 décembre.
Journée calendaire, période de 24 heures allant de minuit à minuit.
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); 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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