Caligula
\ka.li.gy.la\
The verdict
“Caligula” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,186
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empereur romain du premier siècle apr. J.-C.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caligula · Caligula · French
Caligula · rank #38,186 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,186
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Calder
Nearest frequency peer: Calder (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Caligula”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- buvette
buvette
61,818 corpus weight
- Calder
Calder
61,816 corpus weight
- Caligula
Caligula
61,815 corpus weight
- calmée
calmée
61,814 corpus weight
- Camden
Camden
61,813 corpus weight
- capituler
capituler
61,812 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Caligula” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caligula |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.li.gy.la\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Caligula” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Caligula (IPA \ka.li.gy.la\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,186 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Empereur romain du premier siècle apr. J.-C.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Caligula, with forms such as "acligula", "cailgula", and "calgiula". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Caligula, spelled C-A-L-I-G-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Empereur romain du premier siècle apr. J.-C.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Caligula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nul n'a oublié Caligula, l'empereur romain qui nomma son cheval sénateur; ….
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acligula
- cailgula
- calgiula
- caliggula
- caliglua
- caligual
- caligulla
- caliugla
- calligula
- ccaligula
- claigula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Caligula - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #38,186 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.