carex

\ka.ʁɛks\

/\ka.ʁɛks\/ noun

The verdict

“carex” is uncommon French (frequency #78,231 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,231
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de plantes de la famille des cypéracées appelées communément laîches, à tiges souvent de section triangulaire, à feuilles souvent coupantes, aux fleurs en épis, et dont beaucoup croissent dan...

Key facts for carex
PropertyValue
Headwordcarex
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁɛks\
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,231
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carex” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). carex lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carex is uncommon French at frequency #78,231 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de plantes de la famille des cypéracées appelées communément laîches, à tiges souvent de section triangulaire, à feuilles souvent coupantes, aux fleurs en épis, et dont beaucoup croissent dan...".

carex doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is carex, spelled C-A-R-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de plantes de la famille des cypéracées appelées communément laîches, à tiges souvent de section triangulaire, à feuilles souvent coupantes, aux fleurs en épis, et dont beaucoup croissent dans les lieux humides, dans les régions tempérées.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "carex"?
"carex" is spelled C-A-R-E-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁɛks\.
What does "carex" mean?
As a noun, "carex" means: Genre de plantes de la famille des cypéracées appelées communément laîches, à tiges souvent de section triangulaire, à feuilles souvent coupantes, aux fleurs en épis, et dont beaucoup croissent dan...
How do you pronounce "carex"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carex" is \ka.ʁɛks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carex" come from?
"carex" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “carex”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-E-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ka.ʁɛks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list