Calgary
/ˈkaw.ɡa.ɾi/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ɡa.ɾi]
The verdict
“Calgary” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,995. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,995
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a maior cidade da província de Alberta, Canadá
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 | Calgary |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaw.ɡa.ɾi/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ɡa.ɾi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Calgary” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Calgary (IPA /ˈkaw.ɡa.ɾi/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ɡa.ɾi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,995 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "a maior cidade da província de Alberta, Canadá".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Calgary, with forms such as "aclgary", "caglary", and "calagry". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "calhar", "cagar", "calçar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Calgary, spelled C-A-L-G-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1a maior cidade da província de Alberta, Canadá
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aclgary
- caglary
- calagry
- calgarry
- calgaryy
- calgayr
- calggary
- calgray
- callgary
- ccalgary
- clagary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Calgary - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Calgary”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-L-G-A-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkaw.ɡa.ɾi/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ɡa.ɾi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “calhar” - see the side-by-side comparison. Calgary vs calhar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.