carrot
/ˈkæɹ.ət/
"carrot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“carrot” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,560 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,560
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
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 | carrot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæɹ.ət/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carrot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for carrot is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkæɹ.ət/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,560 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrot, with forms such as "acrrot", "carort", and "carot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cart", "carry", "Cerro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”… The correct English form is carrot, spelled C-A-R-R-O-T.
Definition
- 1A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
- 2A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
- 3Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
- 4Someone from a rural background.
- 5A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
- 6A redhead; a ginger-haired person
Etymology
From Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”). * Noun sense of "motivational tool" refers to carrot and stick. * Verb sense in felt manufacture refers to the orange colour of drying furs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrrot,carort,carot,carrott,carrto,ccarrot,crarot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carrot - 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.
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Using “carrot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-R-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkæɹ.ət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cart” - see the side-by-side comparison. carrot vs cart
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.