Carine

\ka.ʁin\

/\ka.ʁin\/ name

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The verdict

“Carine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,455
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carine · Carine · French

Carine · rank #34,455 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,455
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carignan

Nearest frequency peer: carignan (-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 « Carine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Carine » 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).

Carine vs Crie
67% similar
Carine vs ciné
33% similar
Carine vs crin
50% similar

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

Key facts for Carine
PropertyValue
HeadwordCarine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.ʁin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,455
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Carine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Carinese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « carignan » (#34,454), « carie » (#34,453), « cassure » (#34,457). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Carine » est au #34,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Carine (IPA \ka.ʁin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,455 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Carine, with forms such as "acrine", "cairne", and "carien". 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, "Crie", "ciné", "crin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Carine, spelled C-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Carine Piot et Martine Girard sont là pour aider les agriculteurs sinistrés à y voir plus clair dans la paperasse.
  2. « Plus personne ne peut se passer d’un tel carrefour d’audience », explique Carine Rochette, directrice marketing d’Adecco France, dont le compte TikTok avoisine les 75 000 abonnés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrine
  • cairne
  • carien
  • carinne
  • carnie
  • carrine
  • ccarine
  • craine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acrine2cairne2carien2carinne1carnie2carrine1ccarine1craine2
Edit distance from "Carine"

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 "Carine"?
"Carine" is spelled C-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁin\.
What does "Carine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Carine" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Carine"?
"Carine" is commonly confused with "Crie", "ciné", "crin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Carine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Carine" is \ka.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Carine" come from?
"Carine" 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 "Carine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Capoue#34,450Béjaïa#34,445Châtel#34,465cities#34,467

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cassure8 variantsCamilla8 variantsbraise8 variantsattitré8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list