carafe
/kəˈɹæf/noun
carafe is spelled C-A-R-A-F-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carafe means “A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carafe is carafes.
How many letters and syllables are in carafe?
| Letters | 6: C-A-R-A-F-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is carafe?
Carafe appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce carafe?
- US /kəˈɹæf/
Carafe has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-carafe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with carafe?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as carafe from its last stressed vowel (/æf/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of carafe
- carafes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carafe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
- 2
A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used both for serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carafe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bottle for serving wine, water, or beverages:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does carafe come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).