calma

\kal.ma\

/\kal.ma\/ verb

The verdict

“calma” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,202
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de calmer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calma · calma · French

calma · rank #47,202 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,202
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calepin

Nearest frequency peer: calepin (-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 « calma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calma » 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).

calma vs cam
60% similar
calma vs CMA
0% similar
calma vs cela
60% similar

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

Key facts for calma
PropertyValue
Headwordcalma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kal.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,202
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calma »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).calmase 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 « calepin » (#47,201), « Calvet » (#47,203), « calculatrices » (#47,200). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calma » est au #47,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around calma (IPA \kal.ma\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,202 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de calmer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for calma, with forms such as "aclma", "calam", and "callma". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cam", "CMA", "cela", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is calma, spelled C-A-L-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de calmer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclma
  • calam
  • callma
  • calmma
  • camla
  • ccalma
  • clama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aclma2calam2callma1calmma1camla2ccalma1clama2
Edit distance from "calma"

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 "calma"?
"calma" is spelled C-A-L-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.ma\.
What does "calma" mean?
As a verb, "calma" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de calmer.
What words are commonly confused with "calma"?
"calma" is commonly confused with "cam", "CMA", "cela". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calma" is \kal.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calma" come from?
"calma" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list