Calypso
\ka.li.pso\
The verdict
“Calypso” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,009
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Naïade de la mythologie grecque, fille d’Atlas, qui retint Ulysse sur l’île de Malte pendant sept ans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Calypso |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.li.pso\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Calypso” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Calypso (IPA \ka.li.pso\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,009 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Calypso, with forms such as "aclypso", "callypso", and "calpyso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Calypso, spelled C-A-L-Y-P-S-O.
Definition
- 1Naïade de la mythologie grecque, fille d’Atlas, qui retint Ulysse sur l’île de Malte pendant sept ans.
- 2Une des océanides de la mythologie grecque, fille d’Océan et Téthys.
- 3Une Néréide, d’après Apollodore.
- 4Fille de l’Océanide Persé (Perséis) par soit Hélios, soit Apollon.
- 5Satellite naturel de la planète Saturne.
- 6(53) Calypso, planète mineure.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclypso
- callypso
- calpyso
- calypos
- calyppso
- calypsso
- calyspo
- calyypso
- caylpso
- ccalypso
- claypso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Calypso - 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 “Calypso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-L-Y-P-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.li.pso\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.