carne

/[ˈkaɾne]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,280

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carne is aSpanishnoun. It means: Músculos y vísceras del cuerpo de los animales, por contraposición a las partes óseas. Pronounced [ˈkaɾne]. It ranks #1,280 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cree and cine.

Key facts for carne
PropertyValue
Headwordcarne
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾne]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,280
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for carne is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾne]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,280 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for carne, with forms such as "acrne", "canre", and "caren". 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, "cree", "cine", "caro", 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 carne, spelled C-A-R-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Músculos y vísceras del cuerpo de los animales, por contraposición a las partes óseas.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cuerpo de los seres vivos, por oposición al principio espiritual.
  3. 3
    Músculos de los animales, considerados como alimento.
  4. 4
    Pulpa de la fruta, considerada como alimento.
  5. 5
    En el cristianismo, la carne representa la parte física del ser humano, dominada por deseos y apetitos, que se opone a la vida espiritual y al espíritu del hombre.
  6. 6
    Color rosa anaranjado cuya tonalidad está dentro del rojo naranja claro, de saturación débil y que representa el aspecto típico de la piel humana caucásica.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrne,canre,caren,carnne,carrne,ccarne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carne

Misspelling Variants of "carne"

acrne5canre5caren5carnne6carrne6ccarne6
Misspelling Variants of "carne"

Frequency rank: #1,280 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carne"?
"carne" is spelled C-A-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾne].
What does "carne" mean?
As a noun, "carne" means: Músculos y vísceras del cuerpo de los animales, por contraposición a las partes óseas.
What words are commonly confused with "carne"?
"carne" is commonly confused with "cree", "cine", "caro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carne" is [ˈkaɾne]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carne" come from?
"carne" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.