cariste
\ka.ʁist\
The verdict
“cariste” is uncommon French (frequency #78,232 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,232
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne utilisant des outils de manutention comme un chariot élévateur, un transpalette électrique ou tout autre engin, que ces engins soient ou non à personne portée ou accompagnée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cariste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁist\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cariste” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cariste is uncommon French at frequency #78,232 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne utilisant des outils de manutention comme un chariot élévateur, un transpalette électrique ou tout autre engin, que ces engins soient ou non à personne portée ou accompagnée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cariste, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cariste, spelled C-A-R-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne utilisant des outils de manutention comme un chariot élévateur, un transpalette électrique ou tout autre engin, que ces engins soient ou non à personne portée ou accompagnée.
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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Using “cariste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʁist\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.