carroi

noun

The verdict

“carroi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carrefour, place de village.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carroi · carroi · French

carroi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 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.

Key facts for carroi
PropertyValue
Headwordcarroi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carroi » en français

carroireste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carroi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carrefour, place de village.".

No misspelling variants are generated for carroi in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is carroi, spelled C-A-R-R-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carrefour, place de village.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je connais plusieurs personnes qui ont rencontré, aux premières clartés de la lune, au carroi de la Croix-Blanche, le père Soupison, surnommé Démonnet, s'en allant tout seul, à grands pas, et suivi de plus de trente loups.

Synonyms

carroge

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carroi"?
"carroi" is spelled C-A-R-R-O-I.
What does "carroi" mean?
As a noun, "carroi" means: Carrefour, place de village.
What language does "carroi" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list