calvados
\kal.va.dos\
The verdict
“calvados” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,102
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eau-de-vie de cidre fabriquée dans le Calvados, et plus généralement en Normandie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calvados |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.va.dos\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calvados” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around calvados (IPA \kal.va.dos\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,102 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Eau-de-vie de cidre fabriquée dans le Calvados, et plus généralement en Normandie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for calvados, with forms such as "aclvados", "calavdos", and "callvados". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is calvados, spelled C-A-L-V-A-D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Eau-de-vie de cidre fabriquée dans le Calvados, et plus généralement en Normandie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclvados
- calavdos
- callvados
- calvaddos
- calvadoss
- calvadso
- calvaods
- calvdaos
- calvvados
- cavlados
- ccalvados
- clavados
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calvados - 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.
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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Using “calvados”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-L-V-A-D-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kal.va.dos\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.