carcajou
\kaʁ.ka.ʒu\
The verdict
“carcajou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire de Gulo gulo, ou glouton.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carcajou · carcajou · French
carcajou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | carcajou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.ka.ʒu\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carcajou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carcajou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.ka.ʒu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vernaculaire de Gulo gulo, ou glouton.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carcajou, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carcajou, spelled C-A-R-C-A-J-O-U.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire de Gulo gulo, ou glouton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carcajou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mes propres malles parties, la batterie de cuisine démontée ; les provisions souillées, comme par une demi-douzaine de carcajous ; plus de draps ni de couvertures au lit ; les écuries vides d’animaux et de harnais ; l’image la plus parfaite d’une habitation pillée par les barbares et abandonnée par eux.
Front pâle, large tête, petites oreilles rondes, yeux noirs, museau allongé… pas de doute, c’est bien le carcajou, ce mal aimé.
This word in other languages
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.