carom
/ˈkæɹəm/noun, verb
carom is spelled C-A-R-O-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carom means “A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carom is caroms.
How many letters and syllables are in carom?
| Letters | 5: C-A-R-O-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 carom?
Carom appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 carom?
- /ˈkæɹəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-carom.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with carom?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as carom.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: marco, macro.
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 carom
- caroms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- carrom
- caroming participle, present
- caromed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
- 2
A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.
He loved playing carom in his free time.
- 3
Ajwain.
verb
- 1
To make a carom (shot in billiards).
- 2
To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shot in which the cue ball strikes two balls:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | carambola |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does carom come from?
Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).