calibration
\ka.li.bʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“calibration” is uncommon French (frequency #82,761 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,761
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étalonnage ^([1]).
Corpus desk
Index FR-calibration · calibration · French
calibration · rank #82,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,761
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH calculons
Nearest frequency peer: calculons (-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 « calibration »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cachin
Cachin
17,244 corpus weight
- caféier
caféier
17,243 corpus weight
- calabrais
calabrais
17,242 corpus weight
- calculons
calculons
17,241 corpus weight
- calibration
calibration
17,240 corpus weight
- Campbellton
Campbellton
17,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calibration » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calibration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.li.bʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calibration » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calibration is uncommon French at frequency #82,761 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.li.bʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étalonnage ^([1]).".
calibration has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is calibration, spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Étalonnage ^([1]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calibration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La calibration d’un détecteur, d'une caméra, d’un système robotique.
Une question essentielle est de savoir s’il faut réaliser une calibration par une mesure indépendante du débit cardiaque.
Synonyms
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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