kilocalorie
\ki.lɔ.ka.lɔ.ʁi\
The verdict
“kilocalorie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité d’énergie, de symbole kcal, correspondant à mille petites calories, soit entre 4,2045 et 4,1819 kilojoules selon la variante, et surtout employée en diététique.
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Index FR-kilocalorie · kilocalorie · French
kilocalorie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kilocalorie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.lɔ.ka.lɔ.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
kilocalorie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.lɔ.ka.lɔ.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité d’énergie, de symbole kcal, correspondant à mille petites calories, soit entre 4,2045 et 4,1819 kilojoules selon la variante, et surtout employée en diététique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for kilocalorie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 kilocalorie, spelled K-I-L-O-C-A-L-O-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Unité d’énergie, de symbole kcal, correspondant à mille petites calories, soit entre 4,2045 et 4,1819 kilojoules selon la variante, et surtout employée en diététique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kilocalorie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La kilocalorie thermochimique vaut exactement 4184 joules.
Énergie calorique (chaleur) de 1 g d’eau; cette unité étant beaucoup trop petite on utilise en physiologie humaine la kilocalorie (grande calorie ou Calorie) égale à 1 000 calories).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.