carpooling
\kaʁ.pu.liŋ\
The verdict
“carpooling” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Covoiturage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carpooling · carpooling · French
carpooling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | carpooling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.pu.liŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carpooling » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carpooling is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.pu.liŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Covoiturage.".
carpooling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carpooling, spelled C-A-R-P-O-O-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Covoiturage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carpooling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le carpooling envisagé à Hacquegnies le long de la N60, non loin de la sortie d’autoroute, doit encore être soumis à une étude de faisabilité.
Aux États-Unis, un tiers des automobilistes des grandes cités, très sensibilisés aux questions de pollution, sont en faveur du carpooling.
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.