carrick

\ka.ʁik\

/\ka.ʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“carrick” is uncommon French (frequency #60,622 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,622
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caisse d'un cabriolet hippomobile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carrick · carrick · French

carrick · rank #60,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,622
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Carioca

Nearest frequency peer: Carioca (-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 « carrick »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « carrick » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carrick
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrick
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carrick » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.carricktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Carioca » (#60,621), « castilla » (#60,623), « capello » (#60,620). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrick » est au #60,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carrick is uncommon French at frequency #60,622 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for carrick in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is carrick, spelled C-A-R-R-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caisse d'un cabriolet hippomobile.
  2. 2
    Caisse de toutes voitures hippomobiles.
  3. 3
    Sorte de redingote fort ample qui a plusieurs collets ou un collet très long.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La morale de ceci est qu’une jolie femme ne voudra jamais reconnaître son mari, ni même son amant dans un homme en vieux carrick, en perruque de chiendent et en bottes percées.
  2. Le vieux Bosc venait de paraître à son tour, traînant les pieds, toussant, enveloppé d’un ancien carrick jaune.

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 "carrick"?
"carrick" is spelled C-A-R-R-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁik\.
What does "carrick" mean?
As a noun, "carrick" means: Caisse d'un cabriolet hippomobile.
How do you pronounce "carrick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrick" is \ka.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrick" come from?
"carrick" 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 "carrick", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Carioca#60,621capello#60,620camorra#60,618Cabanis#60,616

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list