carob
/ˈkæɹəb/
"carob" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carob” is uncommon English (frequency #83,099 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,099
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carob |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæɹəb/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carob” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carob is uncommon English at frequency #83,099 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkæɹəb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carob, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā). The correct English form is carob, spelled C-A-R-O-B.
Definition
- 1An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
- 2The fruit of that tree.
- 3A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “carob”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-O-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkæɹəb/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.