calmar

\kal.maʁ\

/\kal.maʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“calmar” is uncommon French (frequency #62,119 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,119
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étui de plumes à écrire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calmar · calmar · French

calmar · rank #62,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,119
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calembours

Nearest frequency peer: calembours (-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 « calmar »

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 « calmar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for calmar
PropertyValue
Headwordcalmar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kal.maʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,119
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « calmar » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).calmartombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « calembours » (#62,118), « calquer » (#62,120), « calumet » (#62,121). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calmar » est au #62,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

calmar is uncommon French at frequency #62,119 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.maʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calmar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is calmar, spelled C-A-L-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étui de plumes à écrire.
  2. 2
    Mollusque céphalopode à dix bras appartenant à l’ordre Teuthida.
  3. 3
    Chair cuisinée de cet animal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] quel qu’en soit le nombre [des sens de « timbre »], nous ne les confondons jamais, pas plus que nous ne sommes troublés par la distance qu’il y a entre calmar, au sens de plumier, et calmar, au sens de seiche monstrueuse.
  2. Le calmar géant existe réellement, mais c’est l’une des créatures de la mer les moins connues.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "calmar"?
"calmar" is spelled C-A-L-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.maʁ\.
What does "calmar" mean?
As a noun, "calmar" means: Étui de plumes à écrire.
How do you pronounce "calmar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calmar" is \kal.maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calmar" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calmar", 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