Carte

[ˈkaɾt̪e]

/[ˈkaɾt̪e]/ name

The verdict

“Carte” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,555 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,555
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.

Corpus desk

Index ES-carte · Carte · Spanish

Carte · rank #67,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,555
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH carolinas

Nearest frequency peer: carolinas (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Carte”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Carte” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Carte
PropertyValue
HeadwordCarte
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈkaɾt̪e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,555
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Carte” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Cartecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “carolinas” (#67,554), “carteros” (#67,556), “carcome” (#67,553). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “Carte” va en #67,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Carte is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,555 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkaɾt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Carte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Carte, spelled C-A-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apellido.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Carte"?
"Carte" is spelled C-A-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾt̪e].
What does "Carte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Carte" means: Apellido.
How do you pronounce "Carte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Carte" is [ˈkaɾt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Carte" come from?
"Carte" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Carte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list