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carrer/carrez/carré/carrée/carrées/carrés

"carrer" (#48,969 written frequency) beats "carrez" (#49,540) in this 6-word /\ka.ʁe\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\ka.ʁe\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "carrer" leads at #48,969, with "carrez" trailing at #49,540.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "carrer" keeps r, "carrez" writes z at letter 6.
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrer" (6 letters) vs "carré" (5).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrer" (6 letters) vs "carrée" (6).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrer" (6 letters) vs "carrées" (7).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrer" (6 letters) vs "carrés" (6).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrez" (6 letters) vs "carré" (5).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrez" (6 letters) vs "carrée" (6).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrez" (6 letters) vs "carrées" (7).
Shared stem "carr" then splits - "carrez" (6 letters) vs "carrés" (6).
Shared stem "carré" then splits - "carré" (5 letters) vs "carrée" (6).
Shared stem "carré" then splits - "carré" (5 letters) vs "carrées" (7).
Shared stem "carré" then splits - "carré" (5 letters) vs "carrés" (6).
Shared stem "carrée" then splits - "carrée" (6 letters) vs "carrées" (7).
Single-letter fork: "carrée" keeps e, "carrés" writes s at letter 6.
Shared stem "carré" then splits - "carrées" (7 letters) vs "carrés" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across carrer, carrez, carré, carrée, carrées, carrés: acr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

carrer
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory acer · private e
carrez
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory acerz · private ez
carré
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory acré · private é
carrée
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory aceré · private eé
carrées
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC
Inventory acersé · private esé
carrés
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory acrsé · private sé

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "carrer" when you mean: Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré.
Write "carrez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe carrer.
Write "carré" when you mean: En forme de rectangle dont les côtés sont tous égaux.
Write "carrée" when you mean: Cadre, châssis de bois d’un lit.
Write "carrées" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de carré.
Write "carrés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de carré.