calibre

noun

The verdict

“calibre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,452
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - refere-se a espessura do cano de armas de fogo

Corpus desk

Index PT-calibre · calibre · Portuguese

calibre · rank #9,452 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,452
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cearense

Nearest frequency peer: cearense (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “calibre”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “calibre” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

calibre vs cálice
57% similar
calibre vs célebre
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for calibre
PropertyValue
Headwordcalibre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,452
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “calibre”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).calibrecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cearense” (#9,453), “boate” (#9,450), “cerâmica” (#9,455). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “calibre” fica em #9,452. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around calibre, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,452 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for calibre, with forms such as "aclibre", "cailbre", and "calbire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cálice", "célebre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is calibre, spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    refere-se a espessura do cano de armas de fogo
  2. 2
    valor, importância, qualidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Em mais uma incursão na Favela Vila dos Pinheiros, policiais militares do 22º BPM trocaram tiros com traficantes e apreenderam uma carabina calibre 12, uma pistola calibre 45, além de crack e cocaína.
  2. Para quem esperava algo mais consistente do diretor - afinal, um roteirista com seu calibre e experiência -, poderá ser decepcionante.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aclibre
  • cailbre
  • calbire
  • calibbre
  • caliber
  • calibrre
  • calirbe
  • callibre
  • ccalibre
  • claibre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of calibre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aclibre2cailbre2calbire2calibbre1caliber2calibrre1calirbe2callibre1
Edit distance from "calibre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calibre"?
"calibre" is spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-E.
What does "calibre" mean?
As a noun, "calibre" means: refere-se a espessura do cano de armas de fogo
What words are commonly confused with "calibre"?
"calibre" is commonly confused with "cálice", "célebre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "calibre" come from?
"calibre" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list