Karine

\ka.ʁin\

/\ka.ʁin\/ name

The verdict

“Karine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,964. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,964
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-karine · Karine · French

Karine · rank #14,964 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,964
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH juridictions

Nearest frequency peer: juridictions (-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 « Karine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Karine » 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).

Karine vs Katie
67% similar
Karine vs kyrie
50% similar
Karine vs karting
57% similar

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

Key facts for Karine
PropertyValue
HeadwordKarine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.ʁin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,964
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Karine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Karinese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « juridictions » (#14,963), « lice » (#14,965), « jetés » (#14,962). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Karine » est au #14,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Karine (IPA \ka.ʁin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,964 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Karine, with forms such as "akrine", "kairne", and "karien". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Katie", "kyrie", "karting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Karine, spelled K-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le luthier sera accompagné de Karine Salmieri, artiste plasticienne.
  2. La conférence de presse des trois maires, François Dagnaud, Bertrand Kern (PS), de Pantin, et Karine Franclet (UDI), d'Aubervilliers, avait pourtant bien commencé, jeudi, de l’autre côté du mur qui sépare Pantin du site de Forceval.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • akrine
  • kairne
  • karien
  • karinne
  • karnie
  • karrine
  • kkarine
  • kraine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Karine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

akrine2kairne2karien2karinne1karnie2karrine1kkarine1kraine2
Edit distance from "Karine"

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 "Karine"?
"Karine" is spelled K-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁin\.
What does "Karine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Karine" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Karine"?
"Karine" is commonly confused with "Katie", "kyrie", "karting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Karine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Karine" is \ka.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Karine" come from?
"Karine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list