carcasse

/\kaʁ.kas\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,661

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

carcasse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ossements du corps d’un animal, lorsqu’il n’y a plus guère de chair et qu’ils tiennent encore ensemble. Pronounced \kaʁ.kas\. Often confused with crasse and caresse.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carcasse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for carcasse is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for carcasse, with forms such as "acrcasse", "cacrasse", and "caracsse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is carcasse, spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrcasse,cacrasse,caracsse,carcase,carcases,carccasse,carcsase,carrcasse,ccarcasse,cracasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carcasse

Misspelling Variants of "carcasse"

acrcasse8cacrasse8caracsse8carcase7carcases8carccasse9carcsase8carrcasse9
Misspelling Variants of "carcasse"

Frequency rank: #20,661 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.