carotter
\ka.ʁɔ.te\
The verdict
“carotter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carotter quelque chose à quelqu’un : lui extorquer cette chose, en abusant de sa bonne foi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carotter · carotter · French
carotter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carotter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.ʁɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carotter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carotter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.ʁɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carotter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carotter, spelled C-A-R-O-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Carotter quelque chose à quelqu’un : lui extorquer cette chose, en abusant de sa bonne foi.
- 2Carotter quelqu’un : l’escroquer, l’abuser, le tromper.
- 3Faire un carottage, prélever un échantillon cylindrique (une carotte) de terrain, banquise, etc.
- 4Jouer mesquinement, ne hasarder que peu d’argent à la fois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carotter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ramasse ce qu’on me donne, en rougissant, et j’entends le marchand de vin qui dit à sa femme : — Il voulait me carotter un canon, ce mufle-là !
Va donc jusqu’au village, et rapporte-moi un litre de lait. Tiens, voilà des sous. Et tâche de ne pas me carotter la monnaie ! Je connais les prix !
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.