caller

\kɑ.le\

/\kɑ.le\/ verb

The verdict

“caller” is uncommon French (frequency #55,117 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,117
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imiter le cri d’un gibier pour l’attirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caller · caller · French

caller · rank #55,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,117
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cairn

Nearest frequency peer: cairn (-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 « caller »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caller
PropertyValue
Headwordcaller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɑ.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « caller » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).callertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cairn » (#55,116), « cambouis » (#55,118), « cadi » (#55,115). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caller » est au #55,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caller is uncommon French at frequency #55,117 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɑ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

caller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is caller, spelled C-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Imiter le cri d’un gibier pour l’attirer.
  2. 2
    Mener le set carré, le commenter, appeler les figures de cette danse.
  3. 3
    Appeler au téléphone, souvent dans le but de commander de la nourriture.
  4. 4
    Suivre la mise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il m’a appris à caller l’orignal.
  2. Plus souvent qu’à son tour, le calleur va caller en anglais les figures principales de la danse et broder en français entre celles-ci.

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 "caller"?
"caller" is spelled C-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ.le\.
What does "caller" mean?
As a verb, "caller" means: Imiter le cri d’un gibier pour l’attirer.
How do you pronounce "caller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caller" is \kɑ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caller" come from?
"caller" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list