# Carole

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,581

## Definitions
1. A female given name from French, variant of Carol

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Carole.

## Easily confused with
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-cole)
- **carve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-carve)
- **crore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-crore)
- **carte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-carte)
- **caron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-caron)
- **Croke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-croke)
- **crone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-crone)
- **circle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-circle)
- **castle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-castle)
- **cattle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-cattle)
- **chrome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-chrome)
- **Carrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-carrie)
- **creole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-creole)
- **Carroll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-carroll)
- **Carolyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-carolyn)
- **Caroline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carole-vs-caroline)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-carole)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carl-vs-carole)
- **Caro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caro-vs-carole)
- **cable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cable-vs-carole)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acrole`, `caorle`, `carloe`, `caroel`, `carolle`, `carrole`, `ccarole`, `craole`

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