carabe

\ka.ʁab\

/\ka.ʁab\/ noun

The verdict

“carabe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insecte carnassier de l’ordre des coléoptères et de la famille des carabidés au corps allongé, souvent brillant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carabe · carabe · French

carabe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for carabe
PropertyValue
Headwordcarabe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁab\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carabe » en français

caraben'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carabe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insecte carnassier de l’ordre des coléoptères et de la famille des carabidés au corps allongé, souvent brillant.".

No misspelling variants are generated for carabe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carabe, spelled C-A-R-A-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insecte carnassier de l’ordre des coléoptères et de la famille des carabidés au corps allongé, souvent brillant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how carabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Des insectes végétariens, tels que les Melonlonthiens n’ont pas de trace de lipase, alors que les Dytiques, les Carabes, ont une diastase lipasique très abondante.
  2. Que toute douleur soit en toi le passage d’un insecte qui va s’envoler. Ne te referme pas sur l’insecte rongeur. Ne deviens pas amoureux de ces carabes noirs. Que toute joie soit en toi le passage d’un insecte qui va s’envoler. Ne te referme pas sur l’insecte suceur. Ne deviens pas amoureux de ces cétoines dorées.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carabe"?
"carabe" is spelled C-A-R-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁab\.
What does "carabe" mean?
As a noun, "carabe" means: Insecte carnassier de l’ordre des coléoptères et de la famille des carabidés au corps allongé, souvent brillant.
How do you pronounce "carabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carabe" is \ka.ʁab\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list