carb
/kɑɹb/noun
carb is spelled C-A-R-B: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carb means “Clipping of carbohydrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carb is carbs.
How many letters and syllables are in carb?
| Letters | 4: C-A-R-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 carb?
Carb appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 carb?
- UK /kɑːb/
- US /kɑɹb/
Carb has one syllable (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-carb.wav, En-us-carb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with carb?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as carb from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹb/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: crab.
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 carb
- carbs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carb mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of carbohydrate
I'm cutting down on carbs to try and lose weight.
- 2
informalClipping of carburetor or carburettor.
This is what controls the flow of fuel into the carb.
- 3
The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.
She lifted her thumb off the carb and breathed in the thick smoke.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carb in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense carbohydrate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glucide |
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 carb come from?
Clipping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).