carbone
\kaʁ.bɔn\
The verdict
“carbone” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,823 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,823
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 6 et de symbole C qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des cristallogènes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carbone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.bɔn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carbone” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carbone is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kaʁ.bɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,823 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for carbone, with forms such as "acrbone", "cabrone", and "carbbone". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "caron", "carne", "carton", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 carbone, spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 6 et de symbole C qui fait partie des non-métaux, plus spécifiquement des cristallogènes.
- 2Pluriel collectif pouvant se rapporter en fonction des cas aux atomes de carbone, aux noyaux atomiques ou aux isotopes du carbone.
- 3Dioxyde de carbone.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrbone,cabrone,carbbone,carbnoe,carboen,carbonne,carobne,carrbone,ccarbone,crabone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carbone - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “carbone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-B-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kaʁ.bɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “caron” - see the side-by-side comparison. carbone vs caron
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.