calvinistes

\kal.vi.nist\

/\kal.vi.nist\/ noun

The verdict

“calvinistes” is uncommon French (frequency #51,331 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,331
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de calviniste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-calvinistes · calvinistes · French

calvinistes · rank #51,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,331
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calamiteux

Nearest frequency peer: calamiteux (-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 « calvinistes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « calvinistes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for calvinistes
PropertyValue
Headwordcalvinistes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kal.vi.nist\
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « calvinistes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.calvinistestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « calamiteux » (#51,330), « Bélisaire » (#51,328), « candidater » (#51,334). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « calvinistes » est au #51,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

calvinistes is uncommon French at frequency #51,331 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kal.vi.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de calviniste.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for calvinistes, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented 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 calvinistes, spelled C-A-L-V-I-N-I-S-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de calviniste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. François Hugo était un Afrikaner, un descendant de ces premiers colons hollandais, français ou allemands, tous fervents calvinistes, qui avaient débarqué dans la baie de la Table, non loin du Cap de Bonne-Espérance au XVIIe siècle. Mais lui préférait se définir comme un Burgher, un Boer. Un paysan.

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 "calvinistes"?
"calvinistes" is spelled C-A-L-V-I-N-I-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kal.vi.nist\.
What does "calvinistes" mean?
As a noun, "calvinistes" means: Pluriel de calviniste.
How do you pronounce "calvinistes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "calvinistes" is \kal.vi.nist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "calvinistes" come from?
"calvinistes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list