caloporteur
\ka.lɔ.pɔʁ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“caloporteur” is uncommon French (frequency #92,516 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,516
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fluide circulant dans le cœur d’un réacteur nucléaire pour en évacuer la chaleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caloporteur · caloporteur · French
caloporteur · rank #92,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,516
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH calculera
Nearest frequency peer: calculera (-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 « caloporteur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cagibi
cagibi
7,488 corpus weight
- calcificati…
calcification
7,487 corpus weight
- calculera
calculera
7,486 corpus weight
- caloporteur
caloporteur
7,485 corpus weight
- calvaires
calvaires
7,484 corpus weight
- Calvez
Calvez
7,483 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caloporteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caloporteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.lɔ.pɔʁ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caloporteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caloporteur is uncommon French at frequency #92,516 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.lɔ.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fluide circulant dans le cœur d’un réacteur nucléaire pour en évacuer la chaleur.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for caloporteur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caloporteur, spelled C-A-L-O-P-O-R-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Fluide circulant dans le cœur d’un réacteur nucléaire pour en évacuer la chaleur.
Synonyms
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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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