carriage
car·riage/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/noun
carriage is spelled C-A-R-R-I-A-G-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (car·riage). It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carriage means “The act of conveying; carrying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carriage is carriages.
How many letters and syllables are in carriage?
| Letters | 8: C-A-R-R-I-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: car·riage |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is carriage?
Carriage appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce carriage?
- UK /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/
- US /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/
- US /ˈkɛɹɪd͡ʒ/
Carriage has 2 syllables, split car·riage in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ne-carriage.ogg, En-us-carriage.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with carriage
Also written: railway carriage.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with carriage?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as carriage from its last stressed vowel (/æɹɪdʒ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of carriage
- carriages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carriage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of conveying; carrying.
- 2
A means of conveyance.
- 3
A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
The carriage ride was very romantic.
- 4
UKEllipsis of railway carriage (“a passenger railroad car, or any railroad car”).
- 5
The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.
The runner has a very low arm carriage.
- 6
archaicA manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
a tall woman with a beautiful upright carriage.
- 7
archaicOne's behavior, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
- 8
The part of a typewriter supporting the paper, the part of a machine tool such as a lathe that guides the bit as it cuts or otherwise manipulates the workpiece.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carriage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | carrosse , port , chariot |
| German | Kutsche , Gang, Haltung , Wagen , Frachtgeld, Fracht |
| Portuguese | carruagem |
| Spanish | coche, carruaje, faetón, calesa, calés, landó |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does carriage come from?
From Middle English cariage, from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).