calibrer
\ka.li.bʁe\
The verdict
“calibrer” is uncommon French (frequency #50,104 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,104
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner le calibre, la dimension convenable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calibrer · calibrer · French
calibrer · rank #50,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,104
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cajou
Nearest frequency peer: cajou (-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 « calibrer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bétons
bétons
49,900 corpus weight
- cajou
cajou
49,898 corpus weight
- calibrer
calibrer
49,897 corpus weight
- Cantorbéry
Cantorbéry
49,896 corpus weight
- capelle
capelle
49,895 corpus weight
- capturées
capturées
49,894 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calibrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calibrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.li.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calibrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calibrer is uncommon French at frequency #50,104 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.li.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for calibrer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is calibrer, spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Donner le calibre, la dimension convenable.
- 2Mesurer le calibre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calibrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une vieille femme lisait tout haut un dépliant à son mari: — Écoute donc, Jacques, le charbon commercialisé est calibré en différentes catégories : gros, gailletins, noix, noisettes, braisettes.
Tout comme le minerai, le charbon qui était utilisé comme combustible avait besoin d’être calibré avant le chargement dans le fourneau. Un espace était spécialement réservé à cette opération. ,
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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