carey

/[kaˈɾej]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,690

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carey is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Eretmochelys imbricata) Gran tortuga marina que habita arrecifes coralinos en las aguas tropicales de todo el globo. Alcanza los 80 kg de peso y más de un metro de largo, con un distintivo caparaz... Pronounced [kaˈɾej]. Often confused with cry and creo.

Key facts for carey
PropertyValue
Headwordcarey
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈɾej]
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,690
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carey in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carey is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈɾej]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,690 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for carey, with forms such as "acrey", "caery", and "careyy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cry", "creo", "cree", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is carey, spelled C-A-R-E-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Eretmochelys imbricata) Gran tortuga marina que habita arrecifes coralinos en las aguas tropicales de todo el globo. Alcanza los 80 kg de peso y más de un metro de largo, con un distintivo caparazón cordiforme y un patrón de color amarillo orlando los escudos del espaldar. Tiene la cabeza elongada, con morro en forma de pico y las patas palmeadas con dos garras por pie. Capturada por sus huevos y su caparazón, está en grave riesgo de extinción.
  2. 2
    Material córneo, obtenido de las placas del caparazón de esta tortuga, y apreciado para la fabricación de objetos de decoración.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrey,caery,careyy,carrey,carye,ccarey,craey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carey

Misspelling Variants of "carey"

acrey5caery5careyy6carrey6carye5ccarey6craey5
Misspelling Variants of "carey"

Frequency rank: #31,690 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carey"?
"carey" is spelled C-A-R-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈɾej].
What does "carey" mean?
As a noun, "carey" means: (Eretmochelys imbricata) Gran tortuga marina que habita arrecifes coralinos en las aguas tropicales de todo el globo. Alcanza los 80 kg de peso y más de un metro de largo, con un distintivo caparaz...
What words are commonly confused with "carey"?
"carey" is commonly confused with "cry", "creo", "cree". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carey" is [kaˈɾej]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carey" come from?
"carey" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.