carillon
/ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/
"carillon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carillon” is an uncommon English word, ranked #68,910 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,910
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “carillon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for carillon is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,910 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “carillon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-I-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.