calomnies

\ka.lɔm.ni\

/\ka.lɔm.ni\/ noun

The verdict

“calomnies” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,708
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de calomnie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calomnies · calomnies · French

calomnies · rank #37,708 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,708
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabot

Nearest frequency peer: cabot (-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 « calomnies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calomnies » 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).

calomnies vs colonies
78% similar
calomnies vs calories
78% similar
calomnies vs calomnie
89% similar

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

Key facts for calomnies
PropertyValue
Headwordcalomnies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.lɔm.ni\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,708
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calomnies »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.calomniesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cabot » (#37,707), « captent » (#37,710), « bénéficiez » (#37,705). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calomnies » est au #37,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around calomnies (IPA \ka.lɔm.ni\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,708 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de calomnie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for calomnies, with forms such as "aclomnies", "callomnies", and "calmonies". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "colonies", "calories", "calomnie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is calomnies, spelled C-A-L-O-M-N-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de calomnie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le coloris de Modeste avait appris aux deux filles avec quel plaisir l’héritière écoutait de délicieux concetti délicieusement dits ; et, inquiètes d’un tel progrès, elles venaient de recourir à l’ultima ratio des femmes en pareil cas, à ces calomnies qui manquent rarement leur effet en s’adressant aux répugnances physiques les plus violentes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclomnies
  • callomnies
  • calmonies
  • calomines
  • calommnies
  • calomneis
  • calomniess
  • calomnise
  • calomnnies
  • calonmies
  • caolmnies
  • ccalomnies
  • claomnies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aclomnies2callomnies1calmonies2calomines2calommnies1calomneis2calomniess1calomnise2
Edit distance from "calomnies"

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 "calomnies"?
"calomnies" is spelled C-A-L-O-M-N-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.lɔm.ni\.
What does "calomnies" mean?
As a noun, "calomnies" means: Pluriel de calomnie.
What words are commonly confused with "calomnies"?
"calomnies" is commonly confused with "colonies", "calories", "calomnie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calomnies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calomnies" is \ka.lɔm.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calomnies" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list