carillon
/ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/
"carillon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carillon” is uncommon English (frequency #68,910 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,910
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carillon · carillon · English
carillon · rank #68,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,910
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH careening
Nearest frequency peer: careening (-2 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 “carillon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bustamante
Bustamante
31,099 corpus weight
- calabash
calabash
31,096 corpus weight
- careening
careening
31,093 corpus weight
- carillon
carillon
31,091 corpus weight
- cento
cento
31,087 corpus weight
- challis
challis
31,084 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “carillon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carillon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carillon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carillon is uncommon English at frequency #68,910 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for carillon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French carillon. The correct English form is carillon, spelled C-A-R-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
- 2A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
Etymology
Borrowed from French carillon.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).