carport
/ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/
"carport" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carport” is uncommon English (frequency #70,542 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,542
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carport |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carport” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carport is uncommon English at frequency #70,542 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.".
carport has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”). The correct English form is carport, spelled C-A-R-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
Etymology
From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).
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); 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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Using “carport”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-P-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.