carex

noun

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"carex" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“carex” is uncommon English (frequency #77,507 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,507
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.

Corpus desk

Index EN-carex · carex · English

carex · rank #77,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,507
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH carboxyl

Nearest frequency peer: carboxyl (-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 “carex”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “carex” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carex
PropertyValue
Headwordcarex
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#77,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “carex” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).carexfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “carboxyl” (#77,506), “Carnaby” (#77,508), “Carberry” (#77,505). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “carex” is #77,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carex is uncommon English at frequency #77,507 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carex, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin carex. The correct English form is carex, spelled C-A-R-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.

Etymology

From Latin carex.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carex"?
"carex" is spelled C-A-R-E-X.
What does "carex" mean?
As a noun, "carex" means: Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
What is the origin of the word "carex"?
From Latin carex. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carex", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bucko#77,485corpo#77,558Behan#77,451danza#77,577

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list