carus
[ˈt͡sarus]
The verdict
“carus” is uncommon German (frequency #56,034 among 20,081 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,034
- frequency rank, German
- 20,081
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs cars
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sarus] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carus” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carus is uncommon German at frequency #56,034 among 20,081 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sarus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs cars".
Zero misspellings are on record for carus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is carus, spelled C-A-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs cars
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “carus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-A-R-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡sarus] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.