calotte

\ka.lɔt\

/\ka.lɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“calotte” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,918
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de petit bonnet qui ne couvre ordinairement que le haut de la tête et qui est surtout en usage parmi les gens d’Église.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calotte · calotte · French

calotte · rank #25,918 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,918
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cahors

Nearest frequency peer: cahors (-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 « calotte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « calotte » 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).

calotte vs cotte
71% similar
calotte vs capote
71% similar
calotte vs crotte
71% similar

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

Key facts for calotte
PropertyValue
Headwordcalotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.lɔt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,918
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « calotte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).calottese 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 « cahors » (#25,917), « caméléon » (#25,919), « cafard » (#25,916). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calotte » est au #25,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around calotte (IPA \ka.lɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,918 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for calotte, with forms such as "aclotte", "callotte", and "calote". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cotte", "capote", "crotte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is calotte, spelled C-A-L-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de petit bonnet qui ne couvre ordinairement que le haut de la tête et qui est surtout en usage parmi les gens d’Église.
  2. 2
    Le clergé catholique.
  3. 3
    Tape sur la tête.
  4. 4
    Bonnet traditionnel des étudiants des universités catholiques par opposition avec la penne des étudiants des institutions non confessionnelles.
  5. 5
    Chose qui a quelque rapport de forme ou de destination avec une calotte. → voir calotte polaire
  6. 6
    Petite voûte sphérique peu élevée.
  7. 7
    Partie supérieure du crâne.
  8. 8
    Sphère coupée par un plan.
  9. 9
    Sorte de récipient hémisphérique, aussi appelé cul-de-poule.
  10. 10
    Couche de glace qui recouvre les pôles.
  11. 11
    Prépuce.
  12. 12
    Imbécile

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le curé, n'est-ce pas ? le curé de cette grande église ? Tiens ! c'est vrai, que je suis bête ! je n'avais pas vu votre calotte !
  2. Alors seulement, un peu remis de ma frayeur, je remarquai que notre maître avait sa belle redingote verte, son jabot plissé fin et la calotte de soie noire brodée qu’il ne mettait que les jours d’inspection ou de distribution de prix.

Synonyms

kippasubmitrale

This word in other languages

skullcap(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclotte
  • callotte
  • calote
  • calotet
  • caltote
  • caoltte
  • ccalotte
  • claotte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calotte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aclotte2callotte1calote1calotet2caltote2caoltte2ccalotte1claotte2
Edit distance from "calotte"

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 "calotte"?
"calotte" is spelled C-A-L-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.lɔt\.
What does "calotte" mean?
As a noun, "calotte" means: Espèce de petit bonnet qui ne couvre ordinairement que le haut de la tête et qui est surtout en usage parmi les gens d’Église.
What words are commonly confused with "calotte"?
"calotte" is commonly confused with "cotte", "capote", "crotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "calotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calotte" is \ka.lɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calotte" come from?
"calotte" 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 "calotte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bourrer#25,914Boileau#25,908combles#25,936Aymeric#25,897

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Bondy8 variantscoince8 variantsbavure8 variantsavides8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list