carcasse

\kaʁ.kas\

/\kaʁ.kas\/ noun

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The verdict

“carcasse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,661
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carcasse · carcasse · French

carcasse · rank #20,661 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,661
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH camouflage

Nearest frequency peer: camouflage (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « carcasse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « carcasse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

carcasse vs crasse
75% similar
carcasse vs caresse
75% similar
carcasse vs Caucase
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for carcasse
PropertyValue
Headwordcarcasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.kas\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,661
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carcasse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).carcassese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « camouflage » (#20,660), « carpe » (#20,662), « Cadillac » (#20,659). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carcasse » est au #20,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around carcasse (IPA \kaʁ.kas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,661 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble.
  2. 2
    Corps d’un défunt.
  3. 3
    La chair et les os d'un animal abattu, dépouillé et vidé , tel qu'il sort de l'abattoir et destiné à la boucherie.
  4. 4
    Ce qui reste du corps d’une volaille lorsqu’on en a ôté les cuisses et les ailes.
  5. 5
    Personne ou animal d’une extrême maigreur.
  6. 6
    Arbre dépouillé de ses feuilles.
  7. 7
    Navire dont il n’y a encore que la charpente de faite.
  8. 8
    Vieux navire en démolition ou bâtiment qui a péri à la côte et que la mer a dépecé en partie.
  9. 9
    Véhicule démantelé ou partiellement détruit.
  10. 10
    Plan, armature ou charpente d’une chose.
  11. 11
    Plan, armature ou charpente d’une chose.
  12. 12
    Plan, armature ou charpente d’une chose.
  13. 13
    Corps humain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how carcasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il ne reste maintenant plus grand chose de sa carcasse blanchie, dispersée par les chacals.
  2. Il atteignit une vallée étroite. Prise entre deux collines aux contreforts abrupts, elle faisait penser à une immense carcasse pourrissante, abandonnée là par quelque prédateur monstrueux. Il vit des vautours qui tournoyaient par dizaines dans le ciel lavé.

This word in other languages

carcass(English)carcasa(Español)Gerippe(Deutsch)

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.

acrcasse2cacrasse2caracsse2carcase1carcases2carccasse1carcsase2carrcasse1
Edit distance from "carcasse"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carcasse"?
"carcasse" is spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.kas\.
What does "carcasse" mean?
As a noun, "carcasse" means: Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble.
What words are commonly confused with "carcasse"?
"carcasse" is commonly confused with "crasse", "caresse", "Caucase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carcasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carcasse" is \kaʁ.kas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carcasse" come from?
"carcasse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carcasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cadillac#20,659chenille#20,666Bucarest#20,655Claudine#20,667

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

coulent10 variantscreuses10 variantsacceptes10 variantsabusent10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list