carate
\ka.ʁat\
The verdict
“carate” 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) - Dermatose due au spirochète Treponema carateum. Elle entraîne des variation de couleur de la peau, elle se transmet par simple contact et est endémique de l’Amérique du Sud et centrale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carate · carate · French
carate · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁat\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dermatose due au spirochète Treponema carateum. Elle entraîne des variation de couleur de la peau, elle se transmet par simple contact et est endémique de l’Amérique du Sud et centrale.".
carate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carate, spelled C-A-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dermatose due au spirochète Treponema carateum. Elle entraîne des variation de couleur de la peau, elle se transmet par simple contact et est endémique de l’Amérique du Sud et centrale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indépendamment du carate et « sarna negra », nous avons rencontré plusieurs fois des dermatoses, rappelant les mycoses ; malheureusement le manque complet des milieux de culture et des thermostates nous rendaient impossible un diagnostic plus exact.
Synonyms
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.