califat

\ka.li.fa\

/\ka.li.fa\/ noun

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The verdict

“califat” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,788. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,788
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dignité de calife.

Corpus desk

Index FR-califat · califat · French

califat · rank #22,788 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,788
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Béarn

Nearest frequency peer: Béarn (-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 « califat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « califat » 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).

califat vs climat
71% similar
califat vs calife
71% similar
califat vs célibat
71% similar

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

Key facts for califat
PropertyValue
Headwordcalifat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.li.fa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,788
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « califat »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Béarn » (#22,787), « canalisations » (#22,789), « bruyante » (#22,786). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « califat » est au #22,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around califat (IPA \ka.li.fa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,788 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for califat, with forms such as "aclifat", "cailfat", and "calfiat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "climat", "calife", "célibat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is califat, spelled C-A-L-I-F-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité de calife.
  2. 2
    Gestion des affaires musulmanes.
  3. 3
    Période pendant laquelle un calife exerce son autorité.
  4. 4
    Pouvoir exercé par un calife pendant son règne.
  5. 5
    Territoires sur lesquels s'exerce l'autorité d'un calife.
  6. 6
    Régime s'exerçant sur un territoire donné sous l'autorité d'un calife.
  7. 7
    Despotisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Iznogoud, simple vizir, visait le califat.
  2. Les moutakallimounes (les savants du kalâm) articulent leurs réflexions sur trois principaux thèmes : la déité, qui concerne la recherche des preuves de l'existence de l'Être divin et ses attributs; la prophétie, c'est-à-dire l'inviolabilité et les privilèges des prophètes, et le califat ou la gestion des affaires musulmanes.

This word in other languages

caliphate(English)califato(Español)Kalifat(Deutsch)califado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclifat
  • cailfat
  • calfiat
  • caliaft
  • califatt
  • califfat
  • califta
  • callifat
  • ccalifat
  • claifat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of califat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aclifat2cailfat2calfiat2caliaft2califatt1califfat1califta2callifat1
Edit distance from "califat"

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 "califat"?
"califat" is spelled C-A-L-I-F-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.li.fa\.
What does "califat" mean?
As a noun, "califat" means: Dignité de calife.
What words are commonly confused with "califat"?
"califat" is commonly confused with "climat", "calife", "célibat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "califat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "califat" is \ka.li.fa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "califat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

brisées#22,784chiffon#22,794bossent#22,781battues#22,778

Similar misspelling depth

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

citerne10 variantsbailliage10 variantscouncil10 variantscrapaud10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list