carron

\ka.ʁɔ̃\

/\ka.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“carron” is uncommon French (frequency #65,774 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,774
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grosse brique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carron · carron · French

carron · rank #65,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,774
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carolingien

Nearest frequency peer: carolingien (-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 « carron »

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 « carron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carron
PropertyValue
Headwordcarron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carron » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carrontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « carolingien » (#65,773), « cartoons » (#65,775), « carnation » (#65,772). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carron » est au #65,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carron is uncommon French at frequency #65,774 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grosse brique.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carron, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is carron, spelled C-A-R-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grosse brique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut citer aussi l’industrie des carrons ou grandes briques savoyardes qui dans nos pays remplaçaient couramment la pierre de taille qu’on devait aller chercher fort loin et à très grands frais.
  2. À défaut de bouillottes, on utilisait des « carrons », grosses briques chauffées à la cheminée, enveloppées dans du drap, mais je ne parviens pas à me souvenir si j’ai vu cette méthode utilisée en vrai, ou dans un film, ou si on me l’a seulement décrite.

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 "carron"?
"carron" is spelled C-A-R-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "carron" mean?
As a noun, "carron" means: Grosse brique.
How do you pronounce "carron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carron" is \ka.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carron" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carron", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list