carrousel

\ka.ʁu.zɛl\

/\ka.ʁu.zɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“carrousel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,090
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exercice de parade où des cavaliers, divisés en quadrilles, exécutent des évolutions variées et des jeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carrousel · carrousel · French

carrousel · rank #30,090 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,090
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carmes

Nearest frequency peer: carmes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrousel »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « carrousel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

carrousel vs carrosse
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for carrousel
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrousel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁu.zɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,090
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrousel »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carrouselse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « carmes » (#30,089), « carry » (#30,091), « carcan » (#30,088). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrousel » est au #30,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around carrousel (IPA \ka.ʁu.zɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,090 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrousel, with forms such as "acrrousel", "carorusel", and "carousel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "carrosse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is carrousel, spelled C-A-R-R-O-U-S-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exercice de parade où des cavaliers, divisés en quadrilles, exécutent des évolutions variées et des jeux.
  2. 2
    Place où se déroulent ces parades.
  3. 3
    Mouvement d’un ensemble de personnes semblable à un exercice de parade.
  4. 4
    Groupe d’engins qui se déplacent en cercle ou en noria.
  5. 5
    Manège de chevaux de bois.
  6. 6
    Partie d’une machine-outil qui tourne comme un manège.
  7. 7
    Galerie d'images ou photographies qui défilent.
  8. 8
    Galerie d'images ou photographies qui défilent.
  9. 9
    Galerie d'images ou photographies qui défilent.
  10. 10
    Machine de sérigraphie permettant d’appliquer plusieurs couches successives.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le carrousel se compose de figures de manège entrecoupées de courses de bagues, de têtes à terre, et de dard, pendant lesquelles les cavaliers auront à déployer, solidité, énergie, souplesse , grâce et adresse.
  2. Gilbert Waast nous raconte un fameux carrousel organisé à Mons-en-Pévèle en juillet 1928 : « De fringants cavaliers défilent dans les rues du bourg ; ils se rendent vers la place où les accueille amicalement le Comité de la fête, […]. »

This word in other languages

carousel(English)carrusel(Español)Ringelspiel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrrousel
  • carorusel
  • carousel
  • carrosuel
  • carrouesl
  • carrousell
  • carrousle
  • carroussel
  • carruosel
  • ccarrousel
  • crarousel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carrousel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acrrousel2carorusel2carousel1carrosuel2carrouesl2carrousell1carrousle2carroussel1
Edit distance from "carrousel"

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 "carrousel"?
"carrousel" is spelled C-A-R-R-O-U-S-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁu.zɛl\.
What does "carrousel" mean?
As a noun, "carrousel" means: Exercice de parade où des cavaliers, divisés en quadrilles, exécutent des évolutions variées et des jeux.
What words are commonly confused with "carrousel"?
"carrousel" is commonly confused with "carrosse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrousel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrousel" is \ka.ʁu.zɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrousel" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choristes#30,093camembert#30,085coloniser#30,101confiants#30,106

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

clippers11 variantsBousquet11 variantscosaques11 variantsDelaunay11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list