caribéen
\ka.ʁi.be.ɛ̃\
The verdict
“caribéen” is uncommon French (frequency #86,519 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,519
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Caraïbes et à sa population.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caribeen · caribéen · French
caribéen · rank #86,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,519
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cardiomyopath…
Nearest frequency peer: cardiomyopathie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « caribéen »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- carburation
carburation
13,485 corpus weight
- cardboard
cardboard
13,484 corpus weight
- cardiomyopa…
cardiomyopathie
13,483 corpus weight
- caribéen
caribéen
13,482 corpus weight
- carmélite
carmélite
13,481 corpus weight
- carnés
carnés
13,480 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caribéen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caribéen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.ʁi.be.ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caribéen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caribéen is uncommon French at frequency #86,519 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.ʁi.be.ɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux Caraïbes et à sa population.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for caribéen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is caribéen, spelled C-A-R-I-B-É-E-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Caraïbes et à sa population.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caribéen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Guyane française fait certes partie intégrante de la France et de l’Europe, mais, sur le plan religieux, les Guyanais rejoignent la manière de croire des peuples caribéens et sud-américains.
Lors du séisme du 12 janvier 2010, qui a détruit Port-au-Prince (la capitale haïtienne) et d’autres villes du pays, les Québécois ont répondu massivement à l’appel de détresse de la nation caribéenne.
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.
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