# carotene

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,522

## Definitions
1. A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.
2. Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.

## Etymology
From car(r)ot + -ene.

## Easily confused with
- **Caroline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caroline-vs-carotene)

## Common misspellings (11)
`acrotene`, `caortene`, `caroetne`, `caroteen`, `carotenne`, `carotnee`, `carottene`, `carrotene`, `cartoene`, `ccarotene`, `craotene`

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