Carthagène des Indes
\kaʁ.ta.ʒɛn dɛ ɛ̃d\
The verdict
“Carthagène des Indes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville colombienne située dans le département de Bolívar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carthagene-des-indes · Carthagène des Indes · French
Carthagène des Indes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carthagène des Indes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.ta.ʒɛn dɛ ɛ̃d\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Carthagène des Indes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Carthagène des Indes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kaʁ.ta.ʒɛn dɛ ɛ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville colombienne située dans le département de Bolívar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Carthagène des Indes, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Carthagène des Indes, spelled C-A-R-T-H-A-G-È-N-E- -D-E-S- -I-N-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ville colombienne située dans le département de Bolívar.
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