caron

\ka.ʁɔ̃\

/\ka.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“caron” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,624
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe typographique diacritique ‹ ◌̌ ›, utilisé dans l’écriture de certaines langues slaves (tchèque, slovaque, slovène), dans l’écriture de plusieurs langues à tons, et dans la transcription phoné...

Corpus desk

Index FR-caron · caron · French

caron · rank #14,624 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,624
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capteur

Nearest frequency peer: capteur (-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 « caron »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caron » 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).

caron vs con
60% similar
caron vs cro
60% similar
caron vs cran
60% similar

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

Key facts for caron
PropertyValue
Headwordcaron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,624
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caron »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).caronse 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 « capteur » (#14,623), « carrosserie » (#14,625), « captain » (#14,622). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caron » est au #14,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around caron (IPA \ka.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,624 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for caron, with forms such as "acron", "caorn", and "carno". 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, "con", "cro", "cran", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caron, spelled C-A-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signe typographique diacritique ‹ ◌̌ ›, utilisé dans l’écriture de certaines langues slaves (tchèque, slovaque, slovène), dans l’écriture de plusieurs langues à tons, et dans la transcription phonétique du chinois mandarin pinyin, pour les troisièmes tons.
  2. 2
    Vieux papiers sales.
  3. 3
    Bande de lard sans maigre.
  4. 4
    Mélange d'orge et de blé semé sur un même terrain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi, le caractère ‘j avec caron’ (langue tamasheq – arrêté 214-99 de la République du Niger) est codé par l’unique code U+01F0 sous sa forme minuscule.
  2. Les fabricants de carton et de papier achètent [aux chiffonniers] pour leur usage les carons, vieux papiers sales.

Synonyms

accent hirondelleantiflexechevronhacekháčekhatchekaccent antiflexe

This word in other languages

caron(English)Hatschek(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acron
  • caorn
  • carno
  • caronn
  • carron
  • ccaron
  • craon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caron - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acron2caorn2carno2caronn1carron1ccaron1craon2
Edit distance from "caron"

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 "caron"?
"caron" is spelled C-A-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "caron" mean?
As a noun, "caron" means: Signe typographique diacritique ‹ ◌̌ ›, utilisé dans l’écriture de certaines langues slaves (tchèque, slovaque, slovène), dans l’écriture de plusieurs langues à tons, et dans la transcription phoné...
What words are commonly confused with "caron"?
"caron" is commonly confused with "con", "cro", "cran". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caron" is \ka.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caron" come from?
"caron" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bâtie#14,620bazar#14,612badge#14,609agité#14,594

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list