carburettor
"carburettor" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carburettor” is uncommon English (frequency #78,455 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,455
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of carburetor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carburettor · carburettor · English
carburettor · rank #78,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,455
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH carafe
Nearest frequency peer: carafe (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “carburettor”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cappy
cappy
21,548 corpus weight
- carafe
carafe
21,547 corpus weight
- carburettor
carburettor
21,546 corpus weight
- carn
carn
21,544 corpus weight
- Carpathians
Carpathians
21,543 corpus weight
- Cathal
Cathal
21,542 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “carburettor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carburettor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carburettor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carburettor is uncommon English at frequency #78,455 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of carburetor.".
No misspelling variants are generated for carburettor in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is carburettor, spelled C-A-R-B-U-R-E-T-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of carburetor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carburettor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Both affect the performance of the machine, especially the carburettors, and both are important to the final appearance of the model.
In a carburettor the pressure drop (or viewed another way, suction) is used to draw fuel out of a reservoir, usually via a jet, and into the venturi to mix with the air flowing through it.
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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