# Carne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,775

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A hamlet on Gillan Creek in St Anthony-in-Meneage parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7724).
3. A hamlet and nearby beach in Veryan parish, on the south coast of Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9138).

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* As a Cornish surname, from karn (“cairn”), from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos.
* As a French surname, from the noun charnière (“hinge, joint”). Also, from chair (“flesh”).

## Easily confused with
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-case)
- **cars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cars)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-core)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cure)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cave)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-corn)
- **cart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cart)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cone)
- **carr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-carr)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cary)
- **carp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-carp)
- **cate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cate)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cree)
- **Caro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-caro)
- **CERN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cern)
- **cine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cine)
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-cause)
- **carry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-carry)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carne-vs-curse)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acrne`, `canre`, `caren`, `carnne`, `carrne`, `ccarne`

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