# carnage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ/ · frequency rank #19,553

## Definitions
1. Death and destruction.
2. The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
3. Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.
4. A heavy drinking binge and its aftermath.
5. Any chaotic situation.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or from Vulgar Latin *carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“flesh”).

## Easily confused with
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carne)
- **carnal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carnal)
- **coinage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-coinage)
- **carriage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carriage)
- **Carnegie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carnegie)
- **Carthage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carthage)
- **cabbage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabbage-vs-carnage)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acrnage`, `canrage`, `carange`, `carnaeg`, `carnagge`, `carngae`, `carnnage`, `carrnage`, `ccarnage`, `cranage`

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