calvaires
\kal.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“calvaires” is uncommon French (frequency #92,517 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,517
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de calvaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calvaires · calvaires · French
calvaires · rank #92,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,517
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH caloporteur
Nearest frequency peer: caloporteur (-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 « calvaires »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- calées
calées
7,482 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calvaires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calvaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kal.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calvaires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calvaires is uncommon French at frequency #92,517 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de calvaire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calvaires, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is calvaires, spelled C-A-L-V-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de calvaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calvaires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1980, Yves-Pascal Castel citait le monument dans son Atlas des croix et calvaires du Finistère.
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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