carène

\ka.ʁɛn\

/\ka.ʁɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“carène” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,357
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’un navire, ensemble des lignes longitudinales et transversales qui forment le dessin de la coque dans sa partie immergée (la quille et les flancs du navire jusqu’à la ligne de flottaison).

Corpus desk

Index FR-carene · carène · French

carène · rank #44,357 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,357
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carrera

Nearest frequency peer: carrera (-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 « carène »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carène » 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).

carène vs crée
50% similar
carène vs carte
67% similar
carène vs Corée
33% similar

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

Key facts for carène
PropertyValue
Headwordcarène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,357
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carène »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carènese 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 « carrera » (#44,356), « Castorama » (#44,358), « carmélites » (#44,355). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carène » est au #44,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around carène (IPA \ka.ʁɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,357 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for carène, with forms such as "acrène", "carene", and "carnèe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crée", "carte", "Corée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is carène, spelled C-A-R-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’un navire, ensemble des lignes longitudinales et transversales qui forment le dessin de la coque dans sa partie immergée (la quille et les flancs du navire jusqu’à la ligne de flottaison).
  2. 2
    Action de caréner.
  3. 3
    Le navire lui-même.
  4. 4
    Pétale inférieur des Fabacées (ou Légumineuses) constituée de deux pétales fusionnés et rappelant la carène d’un bateau.
  5. 5
    Partie d'un dirigeable en forme plus ou moins allongée et contenant le gaz permettant sa portance.
  6. 6
    Chez les insectes, arête ou quille plus ou moins élevée, plus ou moins tranchante de l’exosquelette.
  7. 7
    Pathologie du thorax.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On vit aussi quelques épaves, des restes de carènes et des membrures de bâtiments.
  2. Le lendemain, à la même heure, le steamer Pétrel cinglait vers Calais, recélant en sa carène un grand jeune homme blond très distingué, qui s'amusait joliment.

Synonyms

œuvres vives

This word in other languages

bottom(English)carena(Español)Ausbesserung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrène
  • carene
  • carnèe
  • carrène
  • carèen
  • carènne
  • caèrne
  • ccarène
  • craène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carène - 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.

acrène2carene1carnèe2carrène1carèen2carènne1caèrne2ccarène1
Edit distance from "carène"

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 "carène"?
"carène" is spelled C-A-R-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁɛn\.
What does "carène" mean?
As a noun, "carène" means: Partie d’un navire, ensemble des lignes longitudinales et transversales qui forment le dessin de la coque dans sa partie immergée (la quille et les flancs du navire jusqu’à la ligne de flottaison).
What words are commonly confused with "carène"?
"carène" is commonly confused with "crée", "carte", "Corée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carène" is \ka.ʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carène" come from?
"carène" 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 "carène", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cernée#44,362Cachan#44,348breaks#44,338birman#44,332

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Claudie9 variantsbarbeau9 variantsbafouée9 variantsautrice9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list