Caribe

/[kaˈɾiβ̞e]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,229

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Caribe is aSpanishname. It means: Mar entre las Antillas, el este de Centroamérica, el sur de Norteamérica y el norte de Sudamérica. Pronounced [kaˈɾiβ̞e]. It ranks #3,229 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with carne and crime.

Key facts for Caribe
PropertyValue
HeadwordCaribe
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[kaˈɾiβ̞e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,229
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Caribe is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈɾiβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,229 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Caribe, with forms such as "acribe", "cairbe", and "carbie". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "carne", "crime", "carpe", 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 Caribe, spelled C-A-R-I-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mar entre las Antillas, el este de Centroamérica, el sur de Norteamérica y el norte de Sudamérica.
  2. 2
    Región geográfica que comprende el mar Caribe₁, todas sus islas y tierras que lo circundan.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acribe,cairbe,carbie,caribbe,carieb,carive,carribe,ccaribe,craibe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Caribe

Misspelling Variants of "Caribe"

acribe6cairbe6carbie6caribbe7carieb6carive6carribe7ccaribe7
Misspelling Variants of "Caribe"

Frequency rank: #3,229 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Caribe"?
"Caribe" is spelled C-A-R-I-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈɾiβ̞e].
What does "Caribe" mean?
As a name, "Caribe" means: Mar entre las Antillas, el este de Centroamérica, el sur de Norteamérica y el norte de Sudamérica.
What words are commonly confused with "Caribe"?
"Caribe" is commonly confused with "carne", "crime", "carpe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Caribe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Caribe" is [kaˈɾiβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Caribe" come from?
"Caribe" 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.