carbonara
\kaʁ.bo.na.ʁa\
The verdict
“carbonara” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,632
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie des pâtes préparées avec du guanciale (ou de la pancetta), du pecorino (ou du parmesan), du jaune d’œuf (ou œufs entiers) et du poivre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carbonara · carbonara · French
carbonara · rank #46,632 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,632
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH caquiste
Nearest frequency peer: caquiste (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “carbonara”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- capitule
capitule
53,371 corpus weight
- caquiste
caquiste
53,370 corpus weight
- carbonara
carbonara
53,369 corpus weight
- Carthagène
Carthagène
53,368 corpus weight
- cassoulet
cassoulet
53,367 corpus weight
- catcheur
catcheur
53,366 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “carbonara” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carbonara |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kaʁ.bo.na.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #46,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carbonara” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around carbonara (IPA \kaʁ.bo.na.ʁa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,632 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifie des pâtes préparées avec du guanciale (ou de la pancetta), du pecorino (ou du parmesan), du jaune d’œuf (ou œufs entiers) et du poivre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for carbonara, with forms such as "acrbonara", "cabronara", and "carbbonara". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is carbonara, spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Qualifie des pâtes préparées avec du guanciale (ou de la pancetta), du pecorino (ou du parmesan), du jaune d’œuf (ou œufs entiers) et du poivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carbonara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui fait une démonstration flamboyante de cuisine italienne : carbonara avec du guanciale ( de la joue de porc aromatisée), du poivre noir fraîchement moulu, jaune d'œuf, pecorino et pasta bucatini.
Spaghettis carbonara.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrbonara
- cabronara
- carbbonara
- carbnoara
- carboanra
- carbonaar
- carbonarra
- carbonnara
- carbonraa
- carobnara
- carrbonara
- ccarbonara
- crabonara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carbonara - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carbonara", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.