carafe
/kəˈɹæf/
"carafe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carafe” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,454 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,454
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carafe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈɹæf/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carafe” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for carafe is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəˈɹæf/. Corpus data places it at rank #78,454 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
carafe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy. The correct English form is carafe, spelled C-A-R-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
- 2A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
Etymology
First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “carafe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-A-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəˈɹæf/ (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.