Carrey
\ka.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“Carrey” is uncommon French (frequency #50,109 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,109
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carrey · Carrey · French
Carrey · rank #50,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,109
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Carney
Nearest frequency peer: Carney (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Carrey »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- capelle
capelle
49,895 corpus weight
- capturées
capturées
49,894 corpus weight
- Carney
Carney
49,893 corpus weight
- Carrey
Carrey
49,892 corpus weight
- Castillon
Castillon
49,891 corpus weight
- cena
cena
49,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Carrey » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carrey |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Carrey » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Carrey is uncommon French at frequency #50,109 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Carrey in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Carrey, spelled C-A-R-R-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Carrey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Fanélie Carrey-Conte, secrétaire générale de la Cimade, organisation de défense des migrants, ce nouveau texte « n’amène rien de bon, ni pour les étrangers, ni pour l’ensemble de la société ».
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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