calibre

\ka.libʁ\

/\ka.libʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“calibre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,350
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diamètre intérieur d’un tube quelconque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calibre · calibre · French

calibre · rank #8,350 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,350
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadavres

Nearest frequency peer: cadavres (-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 « calibre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « calibre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

calibre vs calice
71% similar
calibre vs calife
71% similar
calibre vs cambre
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for calibre
PropertyValue
Headwordcalibre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.libʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,350
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calibre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).calibrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cadavres » (#8,349), « carrières » (#8,351), « Burkina » (#8,348). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calibre » est au #8,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around calibre (IPA \ka.libʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,350 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calibre, with forms such as "aclibre", "cailbre", and "calbire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "calice", "calife", "cambre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is calibre, spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diamètre intérieur d’un tube quelconque.
  2. 2
    Diamètre intérieur des armes à feu, des pièces d’artillerie.
  3. 3
    Grosseur du projectile, proportionnée à l’ouverture d’un revolver, d’un fusil, d’un canon.
  4. 4
    Taille d'un granulat.
  5. 5
    Arme à feu, en particulier pistolet ou révolver.
  6. 6
    Instrument qui sert à donner ou à mesurer le calibre.
  7. 7
    Volume ; grosseur ; taille.
  8. 8
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  9. 9
    Profil découpé sur une plaque de métal ou sur une planche de bois qui sert à tracer les corniches de plâtre ou de stuc.
  10. 10
    Divers instruments dont la forme diffère, mais qui sont en général destinés à servir de mesure, de moule, de patron.
  11. 11
    Modèle d’une pièce de verre en papier bulle obtenu lors du calibrage du tracé d'un vitrail.
  12. 12
    Qualité, état d’une personne.
  13. 13
    Distance entre la ligne de base et l’alignement supérieur des bas de casse correspondant aux minuscules dites courtes, dépourvues de parties ascendantes ou descendantes, telles que o, m, u et des petites capitales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how calibre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce tuyau a seize centimètres de calibre.
  2. Le calibre des vaisseaux sanguins.

Synonyms

hauteur des minuscules

This word in other languages

calibre(English)Kaliber(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclibre
  • cailbre
  • calbire
  • calibbre
  • caliber
  • calibrre
  • calirbe
  • callibre
  • ccalibre
  • claibre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calibre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aclibre2cailbre2calbire2calibbre1caliber2calibrre1calirbe2callibre1
Edit distance from "calibre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calibre"?
"calibre" is spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.libʁ\.
What does "calibre" mean?
As a noun, "calibre" means: Diamètre intérieur d’un tube quelconque.
What words are commonly confused with "calibre"?
"calibre" is commonly confused with "calice", "calife", "cambre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calibre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calibre" is \ka.libʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calibre" come from?
"calibre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calibre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Burkina#8,348bonbons#8,346concret#8,363allumer#8,329

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chanté10 variantschauffer10 variantsdauphin10 variantsdessinée10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list