carcasse
\kaʁ.kas\
The verdict
“carcasse” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,661 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,661
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble.
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 | carcasse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.kas\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carcasse” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carcasse is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kaʁ.kas\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,661 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 13 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 carcasse, with forms such as "acrcasse", "cacrasse", and "caracsse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "crasse", "caresse", "Caucase", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carcasse, spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble.
- 2Corps d’un défunt.
- 3La chair et les os d'un animal abattu, dépouillé et vidé , tel qu'il sort de l'abattoir et destiné à la boucherie.
- 4Ce qui reste du corps d’une volaille lorsqu’on en a ôté les cuisses et les ailes.
- 5Personne ou animal d’une extrême maigreur.
- 6Arbre dépouillé de ses feuilles.
- 7Navire dont il n’y a encore que la charpente de faite.
- 8Vieux navire en démolition ou bâtiment qui a péri à la côte et que la mer a dépecé en partie.
- 9Véhicule démantelé ou partiellement détruit.
- 10Plan, armature ou charpente d’une chose.
- 11Plan, armature ou charpente d’une chose.
- 12Plan, armature ou charpente d’une chose.
- 13Corps humain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrcasse,cacrasse,caracsse,carcase,carcases,carccasse,carcsase,carrcasse,ccarcasse,cracasse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carcasse - 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 “carcasse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kaʁ.kas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crasse” - see the side-by-side comparison. carcasse vs crasse
- 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.