carate
\ka.ʁat\
The verdict
“carate” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “carate” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carate is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁat\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “carate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʁat\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.