carole

/\ka.ʁɔl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,338

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carole is aFrenchnoun. It means: Forme de danse festive et populaire, très répandue au Moyen Âge, se présentant sous forme de chaîne ouverte ou fermée. Pronounced \ka.ʁɔl\. Often confused with cole and carte.

Key facts for carole
PropertyValue
Headwordcarole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,338
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carole in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for carole is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,338 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for carole, with forms such as "acrole", "caorle", and "carloe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cole", "carte", "carré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is carole, spelled C-A-R-O-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme de danse festive et populaire, très répandue au Moyen Âge, se présentant sous forme de chaîne ouverte ou fermée.
  2. 2
    Déambulatoire, nef contournant l’abside.
  3. 3
    Sorte de plate-bande en corniche, dans un bâtiment.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrole,caorle,carloe,caroel,carolle,carrole,ccarole,craole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carole

Misspelling Variants of "carole"

acrole6caorle6carloe6caroel6carolle7carrole7ccarole7craole6
Misspelling Variants of "carole"

Frequency rank: #13,338 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carole"?
"carole" is spelled C-A-R-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁɔl\.
What does "carole" mean?
As a noun, "carole" means: Forme de danse festive et populaire, très répandue au Moyen Âge, se présentant sous forme de chaîne ouverte ou fermée.
What words are commonly confused with "carole"?
"carole" is commonly confused with "cole", "carte", "carré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carole" is \ka.ʁɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carole" come from?
"carole" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.