carabin

\ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\

/\ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“carabin” is uncommon French (frequency #99,964 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,964
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Soldat de cavalerie qui portait une carabine et que l’on employait d’ordinaire dans les reconnaissances, les escarmouches.

Key facts for carabin
PropertyValue
Headwordcarabin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carabin” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). carabin lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carabin is uncommon French at frequency #99,964 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carabin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is carabin, spelled C-A-R-A-B-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soldat de cavalerie qui portait une carabine et que l’on employait d’ordinaire dans les reconnaissances, les escarmouches.
  2. 2
    Étudiant en médecine.
  3. 3
    Étudiant en médecine.
  4. 4
    Chirurgien débutant qui ne restait que quelque temps dans le même hôpital.
  5. 5
    Celui qui se contente de hasarder quelque chose au jeu et qui se retire ensuite, qu’il ait perdu ou gagné.
  6. 6
    Synonyme de sarrasin, blé noir.
  7. 7
    Petite pièce de cuir en forme de losange qui réalise la jonction entre les doigts d’un gant.

This word in other languages

medical student(English)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carabin"?
"carabin" is spelled C-A-R-A-B-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\.
What does "carabin" mean?
As a noun, "carabin" means: Soldat de cavalerie qui portait une carabine et que l’on employait d’ordinaire dans les reconnaissances, les escarmouches.
How do you pronounce "carabin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carabin" is \ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carabin" come from?
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Using “carabin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-A-B-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ka.ʁa.bɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list