carpaccio
"carpaccio" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carpaccio” is uncommon English (frequency #75,704 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,704
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carpaccio · carpaccio · English
carpaccio · rank #75,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,704
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carre
Nearest frequency peer: Carre (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “carpaccio”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- candela
candela
24,302 corpus weight
- capon
capon
24,301 corpus weight
- caribe
caribe
24,299 corpus weight
- carpaccio
carpaccio
24,297 corpus weight
- Carre
Carre
24,296 corpus weight
- carvel
carvel
24,295 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “carpaccio” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carpaccio |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “carpaccio” in English
Rare enough to double-check
carpaccio is uncommon English at frequency #75,704 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for carpaccio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian carpaccio. The correct English form is carpaccio, spelled C-A-R-P-A-C-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer.
Etymology
From Italian carpaccio.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).