Callisto
\ka.li.sto\
The verdict
“Callisto” is uncommon French (frequency #80,018 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,018
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nymphe d’une très grande beauté, suivante d’Artémis et ayant donc fait vœu de chasteté. Zeus s’éprit d’elle et l’engrossa par ruse. Il la changea en ourse pour la protéger de la colère d’Artémis, q...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Callisto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.li.sto\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Callisto” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Callisto is uncommon French at frequency #80,018 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.li.sto\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Callisto in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Callisto, spelled C-A-L-L-I-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Nymphe d’une très grande beauté, suivante d’Artémis et ayant donc fait vœu de chasteté. Zeus s’éprit d’elle et l’engrossa par ruse. Il la changea en ourse pour la protéger de la colère d’Artémis, qui réussit néanmoins à la tuer. Zeus la transforma alors en la constellation de la Grande Ourse.
- 2Satellite naturel de la planète Jupiter.
- 3(204) Callisto : Planète mineure.
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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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Using “Callisto”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-A-L-L-I-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.li.sto\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.