carthorse
noun
carthorse is spelled C-A-R-T-H-O-R-S-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carthorse means “A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carthorse is carthorses.
How many letters and syllables are in carthorse?
| Letters | 9: C-A-R-T-H-O-R-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 carthorse?
Carthorse appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 carthorse?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-carthorse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with carthorse?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as carthorse.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: orchestra.
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 carthorse
- carthorses plural
- cart horse
- cart-horse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carthorse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large, strong horse used for pulling heavy loads.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carthorse come from?
From Middle English carthors, cartehors, from Old English crætehors (“a carthorse”), equivalent to cart + horse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).