carrousel

/\ka.ʁu.zɛl\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,090

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

carrousel is aFrenchnoun. It means: Exercice de parade où des cavaliers, divisés en quadrilles, exécutent des évolutions variées et des jeux. Pronounced \ka.ʁu.zɛl\. Often confused with carrosse.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carrousel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for carrousel is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁu.zɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,090 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrousel, with forms such as "acrrousel", "carorusel", and "carousel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "carrosse", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is carrousel, spelled C-A-R-R-O-U-S-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrrousel,carorusel,carousel,carrosuel,carrouesl,carrousell,carrousle,carroussel,carruosel,ccarrousel,crarousel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carrousel

Misspelling Variants of "carrousel"

acrrousel9carorusel9carousel8carrosuel9carrouesl9carrousell10carrousle9carroussel10
Misspelling Variants of "carrousel"

Frequency rank: #30,090 in French

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?
"carrousel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.