carole
\ka.ʁɔl\
The verdict
“carole” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,338 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,338
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forme de danse festive et populaire, très répandue au Moyen Âge, se présentant sous forme de chaîne ouverte ou fermée.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁɔl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carole” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for carole is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for carole, with forms such as "acrole", "caorle", and "carloe". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cole", "carte", "carré", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is carole, spelled C-A-R-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Forme de danse festive et populaire, très répandue au Moyen Âge, se présentant sous forme de chaîne ouverte ou fermée.
- 2Déambulatoire, nef contournant l’abside.
- 3Sorte 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carole - 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 “carole”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʁɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cole” - see the side-by-side comparison. carole vs cole
- 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.