caroube
\ka.ʁub\
The verdict
“caroube” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit du caroubier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caroube · caroube · French
caroube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | caroube |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁub\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caroube » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caroube is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁub\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for caroube in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caroube, spelled C-A-R-O-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit du caroubier.
- 2Ancienne subdivision monétaire du Moyen-Orient, appelée kharouba en Tunisie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caroube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La taille et le poids des graines de caroubes étant très réguliers, elles ont servi d'unité de mesure dans l'antiquité et sont à l’origine du carat (de l'arabe qirât), qui représentait le poids d'une graine de caroube dans le commerce des pierres précieuses.
Enfin, comme à dessein de le rendre plus complexe, des odeurs de caroube, de denrées coloniales, de goudron, d’air marin arrivaient puissamment du port et se mêlaient à celles qui montaient des pavés et des caves.
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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.