carouse
/kəˈɹaʊz/
"carouse" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carouse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carouse · carouse · English
carouse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kəˈɹaʊz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carouse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kəˈɹaʊz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carouse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus. The correct English form is carouse, spelled C-A-R-O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
- 2To drink to excess.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.
The prospect of two hundred (or more) loitering and carousing patrons streaming out of the club at 1 a.m. is profoundly disturbing to us.
Etymology
From Middle French carousser (“to quaff, drink, swill”), from German gar aus (literally “all out, quite out”), from gar austrinken (“to drink up entirely, guzzle”). Compare German Garaus.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.