Caraquet
\ka.ʁa.kɛt\
The verdict
“Caraquet” is uncommon French (frequency #64,301 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,301
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville canadienne, capitale de l’Acadie et le chef-lieu de la région de la Péninsule acadienne, située dans le comté de Gloucester, dans le Nord-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caraquet · Caraquet · French
Caraquet · rank #64,301 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,301
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH canalise
Nearest frequency peer: canalise (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Caraquet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- calèches
calèches
35,703 corpus weight
- camouflet
camouflet
35,702 corpus weight
- canalise
canalise
35,701 corpus weight
- Caraquet
Caraquet
35,700 corpus weight
- caravan
caravan
35,699 corpus weight
- carcans
carcans
35,698 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Caraquet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caraquet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁa.kɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,301 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Caraquet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Caraquet is uncommon French at frequency #64,301 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.ʁa.kɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville canadienne, capitale de l’Acadie et le chef-lieu de la région de la Péninsule acadienne, située dans le comté de Gloucester, dans le Nord-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Caraquet, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Caraquet, spelled C-A-R-A-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Ville canadienne, capitale de l’Acadie et le chef-lieu de la région de la Péninsule acadienne, située dans le comté de Gloucester, dans le Nord-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Caraquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un homme de 41 ans de Caraquet, au Nouveau-Brunswick, est décédé jeudi après avoir perdu la maîtrise de son véhicule tout-terrain.
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.
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