carafe

\ka.ʁaf\

/\ka.ʁaf\/ noun

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The verdict

“carafe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,851
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui sert principalement à contenir l’eau et quelquefois le vin ou les liqueurs que l’on sert ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-carafe · carafe · French

carafe · rank #35,851 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,851
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH captivant

Nearest frequency peer: captivant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « carafe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « carafe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

carafe vs care
67% similar
carafe vs carte
67% similar
carafe vs carré
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for carafe
PropertyValue
Headwordcarafe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁaf\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,851
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carafe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.carafese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « captivant » (#35,850), « Carlson » (#35,852), « cannon » (#35,849). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carafe » est au #35,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around carafe (IPA \ka.ʁaf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,851 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for carafe, with forms such as "acrafe", "caarfe", and "caraef". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "care", "carte", "carré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carafe, spelled C-A-R-A-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui sert principalement à contenir l’eau et quelquefois le vin ou les liqueurs que l’on sert à table.
  2. 2
    Quantité de liquide contenue dans une carafe.
  3. 3
    Tête.
  4. 4
    Événement fâcheux et imprévu.
  5. 5
    Récipient cylindrique en verre, avec poignée, bec et couvercle troué, conçu pour s’intégrer à une cafetière à filtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De son chef, il descendait à la cave, remontait litres et carafes, invitait les amis qui passaient, même le gros Zidore, et cela se terminait habituellement par une cuite générale, dans laquelle tous roulaient sous la table.
  2. Ils ont bu deux carafes de limonade.

Synonyms

tête

This word in other languages

carafe(English)jarra(Español)Karaffe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrafe
  • caarfe
  • caraef
  • caraffe
  • carfae
  • carrafe
  • ccarafe
  • craafe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carafe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acrafe2caarfe2caraef2caraffe1carfae2carrafe1ccarafe1craafe2
Edit distance from "carafe"

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 "carafe"?
"carafe" is spelled C-A-R-A-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁaf\.
What does "carafe" mean?
As a noun, "carafe" means: Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui sert principalement à contenir l’eau et quelquefois le vin ou les liqueurs que l’on sert ...
What words are commonly confused with "carafe"?
"carafe" is commonly confused with "care", "carte", "carré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carafe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carafe" is \ka.ʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carafe" come from?
"carafe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cannon#35,849Bérard#35,841Cobain#35,862bustes#35,839

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

burnes8 variantsconnexe8 variantsboivin8 variantsbattage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list