# carbine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑɹ.bin/ · frequency rank #35,646

## Definitions
1. A rifle with a short barrel.

## Etymology
Ca. 1600, from French carabine. Doublet of carabine.

## Easily confused with
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carne)
- **carbon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carbon)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-caring)
- **Carrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carrie)
- **Corbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-corbin)
- **carlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carlin)
- **Carina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carina)
- **combine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-combine)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carving)
- **carmine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-carmine)
- **Caroline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-caroline)
- **cabin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabin-vs-carbine)
- **canine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-carbine)
- **cabbie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabbie-vs-carbine)
- **cabinet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabinet-vs-carbine)
- **carbide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbide-vs-carbine)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acrbine`, `cabrine`, `carbbine`, `carbien`, `carbinne`, `carbnie`, `caribne`, `carrbine`, `ccarbine`, `crabine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carbine