Caroline

/[kaʁoˈliːnə]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,340

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Caroline is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [kaʁoˈliːnə]. It ranks #8,340 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Caroline
PropertyValue
HeadwordCaroline
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[kaʁoˈliːnə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,340
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Caroline in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Caroline is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaʁoˈliːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,340 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Caroline, with forms such as "acroline", "caorline", and "carloine". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Caroline, spelled C-A-R-O-L-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acroline,caorline,carloine,caroilne,carolien,carolinne,carolline,carolnie,carroline,ccaroline,craoline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Caroline

Misspelling Variants of "Caroline"

acroline8caorline8carloine8caroilne8carolien8carolinne9carolline9carolnie8
Misspelling Variants of "Caroline"

Frequency rank: #8,340 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Caroline"?
"Caroline" is spelled C-A-R-O-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaʁoˈliːnə].
What does "Caroline" mean?
As a name, "Caroline" means: weiblicher Vorname
What are common misspellings of "Caroline"?
Common misspellings include "acroline", "caorline", "carloine", "caroilne", "carolien". The correct spelling is "Caroline".
How do you pronounce "Caroline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Caroline" is [kaʁoˈliːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Caroline" come from?
"Caroline" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.