# Carina

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,213

## Definitions
1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

## Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

## Easily confused with
- **China** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-china)
- **Carla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carla)
- **Carta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carta)
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carne)
- **caron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-caron)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-curia)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-caring)
- **casino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-casino)
- **corona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-corona)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-casing)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-curing)
- **carlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carlin)
- **carnal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carnal)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-caving)
- **carving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carving)
- **carmine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carmine)
- **Charing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-charing)
- **Carolina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-carolina)
- **Cain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cain-vs-carina)
- **Cara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cara-vs-carina)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acrina`, `cairna`, `carian`, `carinna`, `carnia`, `carrina`, `ccarina`, `craina`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carina