carnitas
/kɑɹ.ˈni.tɑs/noun
carnitas is spelled C-A-R-N-I-T-A-S: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carnitas means “A Mexican dish of strips or chunks of pork (or sometimes other meat) which are braised or roasted, especially in their own fat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in carnitas?
| Letters | 8: C-A-R-N-I-T-A-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is carnitas?
Carnitas appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce carnitas?
- /kɑɹ.ˈni.tɑs/
- /kɑɹˈni.təz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-carnitas.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with carnitas?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as carnitas.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: arcanist.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of carnitas
- carnita singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carnitas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Mexican dish of strips or chunks of pork (or sometimes other meat) which are braised or roasted, especially in their own fat.
Carnitas is easy to make, even if you don't have a whole pig to cook.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carnitas come from?
Borrowed from Spanish carnitas, diminutive of carne (“meat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).