carr
/kɑː/
"carr" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,178) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,178
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-carr · carr · English
carr · rank #11,178 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,178
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH captive
Nearest frequency peer: captive (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “carr”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bracelet
bracelet
88,826 corpus weight
- capsule
capsule
88,825 corpus weight
- captive
captive
88,824 corpus weight
- carr
carr
88,823 corpus weight
- cha
cha
88,822 corpus weight
- Christie
Christie
88,821 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “carr” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carr |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɑː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carr” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for carr is neighbouring look-alikes ("CR", "cat", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /kɑː/. Frequency #11,178 among 5,599 “C” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for carr, with forms such as "acrr", "ccarr", and "crar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CR", "cat", "cry", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr. The correct English form is carr, spelled C-A-R-R.
Definition
- 1Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
- 2In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.
The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses. Stalking the choking carrs.
Etymology
From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrr
- ccarr
- crar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carr - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "carr" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "CR". View pair
- 3 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,178 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
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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.