Carcassonne
/ˌkɑːkəˈsən/
"carcassonne" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Carcassonne” is uncommon English (frequency #66,540 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,540
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An old walled city, the prefecture of Aude department, Occitania, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carcassonne · Carcassonne · English
Carcassonne · rank #66,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,540
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carnahan
Nearest frequency peer: Carnahan (+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 “Carcassonne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cablevision
cablevision
33,465 corpus weight
- Caddo
Caddo
33,464 corpus weight
- Californica…
Californication
33,463 corpus weight
- Carcassonne
Carcassonne
33,461 corpus weight
- Carnahan
Carnahan
33,460 corpus weight
- castellano
castellano
33,459 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Carcassonne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carcassonne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌkɑːkəˈsən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Carcassonne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Carcassonne is uncommon English at frequency #66,540 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌkɑːkəˈsən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Carcassonne has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Carcassonne, spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1An old walled city, the prefecture of Aude department, Occitania, France.
- 2A board game where players have to place tiles and score features.
This word in other languages
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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