Calvi
\kal.vi\
The verdict
“Calvi” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,191
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune de la Haute-Corse, en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calvi · Calvi · French
Calvi · rank #22,191 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,191
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cacahuètes
Nearest frequency peer: cacahuètes (-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 « Calvi »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bœufs
bœufs
77,813 corpus weight
- cacahuètes
cacahuètes
77,811 corpus weight
- Calvi
Calvi
77,810 corpus weight
- camerounaise
camerounaise
77,809 corpus weight
- capillaire
capillaire
77,807 corpus weight
- carabine
carabine
77,806 corpus weight
What this shows « Calvi » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Calvi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kal.vi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Calvi »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Calvi (IPA \kal.vi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,191 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Calvi, with forms such as "aclvi", "caliv", and "callvi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cave", "coli", "cava", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Calvi, spelled C-A-L-V-I.
Definition
- 1Commune de la Haute-Corse, en France.
- 2Village de la province de Bénévent, en Italie, dans la région de Campanie.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de la Haute-Corse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Calvi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Calvi, qui compte une population de 2,000 âmes à peine, a l’aspect d’un gros bourg tranquille.
Lors d’un point presse jeudi, Météo-France a reconnu avoir été « surprise par les valeurs des rafales », « tout à fait exceptionnelles ». Les plus fortes ont été enregistrées à Marignana (225 km/h), à L’Île-Rousse (206 km/h) et à Calvi (197 km/h)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclvi
- caliv
- callvi
- calvvi
- cavli
- ccalvi
- clavi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Calvi - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).