# Carnegie

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑɹnəɡi/ · frequency rank #12,738

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States; some were named after Andrew Carnegie:
3. A place in the United States; some were named after Andrew Carnegie:
4. A place in the United States; some were named after Andrew Carnegie:
5. A place in the United States; some were named after Andrew Carnegie:
6. A place in the United States; some were named after Andrew Carnegie:
7. A place in the United States; some were named after Andrew Carnegie:
8. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Glen Eira, Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
Possibly from Gaelic cathair an eige, meaning "fort at the gap".

## Easily confused with
- **carnage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carnegie)

## Common misspellings (11)
`acrnegie`, `canregie`, `carengie`, `carnegei`, `carneggie`, `carneige`, `carngeie`, `carnnegie`, `carrnegie`, `ccarnegie`, `cranegie`

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