carne

\kaʁn\

/\kaʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“carne” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,492
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carne · carne · French

carne · rank #45,492 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,492
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cantona

Nearest frequency peer: Cantona (-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 « carne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carne » 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).

carne vs Cré
20% similar
carne vs CNE
0% similar
carne vs crée
60% similar

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

Key facts for carne
PropertyValue
Headwordcarne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,492
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carne »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Cantona » (#45,491), « Carrasco » (#45,493), « camisole » (#45,490). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carne » est au #45,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around carne (IPA \kaʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,492 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for carne, with forms such as "acrne", "canre", and "caren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cré", "CNE", "crée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 carne, spelled C-A-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie.
  2. 2
    Évidement du tuyau ou du canon de la plume.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je me suis donné un grand coup à la tête contre la carne d’un volet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrne
  • canre
  • caren
  • carnne
  • carrne
  • ccarne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acrne2canre2caren2carnne1carrne1ccarne1
Edit distance from "carne"

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 "carne"?
"carne" is spelled C-A-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁn\.
What does "carne" mean?
As a noun, "carne" means: Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie.
What words are commonly confused with "carne"?
"carne" is commonly confused with "Cré", "CNE", "crée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carne" is \kaʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carne" come from?
"carne" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caïds#45,498brion#45,485argon#45,441Dubuc#45,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

whip6 variantstold6 variantssick6 variantsseille6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list