carboy
/ˈkɑː.bɔɪ/
"carboy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carboy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carboy · carboy · English
carboy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carboy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑː.bɔɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carboy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carboy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑː.bɔɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.".
carboy has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe. The correct English form is carboy, spelled C-A-R-B-O-Y.
Definition
- 1A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carboy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A few of them then boarded her and were busily engaged in what appeared, from my distant position, as the emptying of the contents of various carboys upon the dead bodies of the sailors and over the decks and works of the vessel.
Etymology
From Persian قرابه (qarrâbeh, qarrâbah). Doublet of carafe.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.