carnaval
\kaʁ.na.val\
The verdict
“carnaval” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,510 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,510
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Festival de costume et de couleur qui commence le jour des Rois et finit le mercredi des cendres.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carnaval |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.na.val\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carnaval” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carnaval is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kaʁ.na.val\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,510 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for carnaval, with forms such as "acrnaval", "canraval", and "caranval". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carnaval, spelled C-A-R-N-A-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Festival de costume et de couleur qui commence le jour des Rois et finit le mercredi des cendres.
- 2Festival de costume et de couleur qui commence le jour des Rois et finit le mercredi des cendres.
- 3Festival de costume et de couleur qui commence le jour des Rois et finit le mercredi des cendres.
- 4Type de verre généralement moulé dont la surface à un aspect irisé, on le nomme aussi verre carnaval ou verre de carnaval.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrnaval,canraval,caranval,carnaavl,carnavall,carnavla,carnavval,carnnaval,carnvaal,carrnaval,ccarnaval,cranaval
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carnaval - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “carnaval”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-N-A-V-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kaʁ.na.val\ (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
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.