carcasses

\kaʁ.kas\

/\kaʁ.kas\/ noun

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The verdict

“carcasses” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,873
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de carcasse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carcasses · carcasses · French

carcasses · rank #31,873 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,873
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caractérisées

Nearest frequency peer: caractérisées (-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 « carcasses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carcasses » 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).

carcasses vs caresses
78% similar
carcasses vs carcasse
89% similar

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

Key facts for carcasses
PropertyValue
Headwordcarcasses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.kas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,873
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carcasses »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « caractérisées » (#31,872), « Cassidy » (#31,874), « capricieuse » (#31,871). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carcasses » est au #31,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around carcasses (IPA \kaʁ.kas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,873 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de carcasse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for carcasses, with forms such as "acrcasses", "cacrasses", and "caracsses". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "caresses", "carcasse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carcasses, spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de carcasse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « On s’est rajouté des seins et des hanches pour mieux se créer des carcasses de superhéroïnes », commente Oulaya Amamra.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrcasses
  • cacrasses
  • caracsses
  • carcasess
  • carcassess
  • carcassse
  • carccasses
  • carcsases
  • carrcasses
  • ccarcasses
  • cracasses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carcasses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acrcasses2cacrasses2caracsses2carcasess2carcassess1carcassse2carccasses1carcsases2
Edit distance from "carcasses"

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 "carcasses"?
"carcasses" is spelled C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.kas\.
What does "carcasses" mean?
As a noun, "carcasses" means: Pluriel de carcasse.
What words are commonly confused with "carcasses"?
"carcasses" is commonly confused with "caresses", "carcasse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carcasses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carcasses" is \kaʁ.kas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carcasses" come from?
"carcasses" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caméraman#31,869bénédicte#31,867chiffrage#31,881brasseurs#31,859

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

cerisier11 variantschercha11 variantsbronzer11 variantsciblant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list