# carnal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɑɹnəl/ · frequency rank #29,954

## Definitions
1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
2. Worldly or earthly; temporal.
3. Of or relating to the body or flesh.

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).

## Easily confused with
- **carol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-carol)
- **coral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-coral)
- **Carta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-carta)
- **Carne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-carne)
- **casual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-casual)
- **cereal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-cereal)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-cartel)
- **causal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-causal)
- **Carney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-carney)
- **corral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-corral)
- **caudal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-caudal)
- **carpal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-carpal)
- **corneal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-corneal)
- **coronal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-coronal)
- **carnival** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-carnival)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carl-vs-carnal)
- **Cara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cara-vs-carnal)
- **Cana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cana-vs-carnal)
- **canal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canal-vs-carnal)
- **Carla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carla-vs-carnal)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acrnal`, `canral`, `caranl`, `carnall`, `carnla`, `carnnal`, `carrnal`, `ccarnal`, `cranal`

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