calorique

\ka.lɔ.ʁik\

/\ka.lɔ.ʁik\/ adj

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The verdict

“calorique” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,655
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux calories, à la valeur nutritive énergétique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calorique · calorique · French

calorique · rank #26,655 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,655
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calendriers

Nearest frequency peer: calendriers (-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 « calorique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calorique » 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).

calorique vs canonique
78% similar
calorique vs colérique
78% similar

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

Key facts for calorique
PropertyValue
Headwordcalorique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.lɔ.ʁik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,655
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calorique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).caloriquese 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 « calendriers » (#26,654), « carpentier » (#26,656), « caissier » (#26,653). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calorique » est au #26,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around calorique (IPA \ka.lɔ.ʁik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,655 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for calorique, with forms such as "aclorique", "callorique", and "caloirque". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "canonique", "colérique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is calorique, spelled C-A-L-O-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux calories, à la valeur nutritive énergétique.
  2. 2
    Se dit d’un aliment riche en kilocalories.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La valeur calorique de la ration de la Croix-Rouge russe est de 2800-3200 calories pour les malades et de 750-900 calories pour les affamés.
  2. La valeur calorique des aliments appartenant à la première des catégories désignées ci-dessus doit résulter d'apports se répartissant de la façon suivante: . Apport calorique des glucides : 50 à 60 p. 100 . Apport calorique des protides : 13 à 17 p. 100

Synonyms

calorifique

This word in other languages

caloric(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclorique
  • callorique
  • caloirque
  • caloriqeu
  • caloriqque
  • caloriuqe
  • calorqiue
  • calorrique
  • calroique
  • caolrique
  • ccalorique
  • claorique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calorique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aclorique2callorique1caloirque2caloriqeu2caloriqque1caloriuqe2calorqiue2calorrique1
Edit distance from "calorique"

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 "calorique"?
"calorique" is spelled C-A-L-O-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.lɔ.ʁik\.
What does "calorique" mean?
As an adjective, "calorique" means: Relatif aux calories, à la valeur nutritive énergétique.
What words are commonly confused with "calorique"?
"calorique" is commonly confused with "canonique", "colérique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calorique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calorique" is \ka.lɔ.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calorique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

carrelage#26,657Cassandra#26,658Cassandre#26,659brochette#26,649

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bombarde12 variantsClotilde12 variantsclôturer12 variantsbanalité12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list