carré

\ka.ʁe\

/\ka.ʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“carré” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,386
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En forme de rectangle dont les côtés sont tous égaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carre · carré · French

carré · rank #3,386 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,386
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH canon

Nearest frequency peer: canon (-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 « carré »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carré » 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).

carré vs Cré
40% similar
carré vs crée
40% similar
carré vs case
40% similar

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

Key facts for carré
PropertyValue
Headwordcarré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,386
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carré »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « canon » (#3,385), « carrément » (#3,387), « boutique » (#3,384). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carré » est au #3,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around carré (IPA \ka.ʁe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,386 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for carré, with forms such as "acrré", "carre", and "caré". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cré", "crée", "case", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists 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 carré, spelled C-A-R-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    En forme de rectangle dont les côtés sont tous égaux.
  2. 2
    Quadrangulaire.
  3. 3
    Qui a rapport avec le carré (nombre résultant de la multiplication d’un nombre par lui-même).
  4. 4
    Large des épaules, athlétiquement bâti, en parlant d’un homme, de sa carrure, de sa physionomie.
  5. 5
    Qui est juste et droit dans ses convictions, et qui ne s’en détourne pas.
  6. 6
    Caractérise une coupe de cheveux féminine permettant simplement de dégager le carré du visage et qui a été popularisée sous le nom de coupe à la Jeanne d’Arc.
  7. 7
    Aspect de forte tension.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux lanternes commençaient à se promener en avant et en arrière, éclairant par petits cercles lumineux les pierres carrées du pavage.
  2. Voiles carrées ou Voiles à trait carré : Voiles dont les vergues sont hissées par le milieu et croisent le mât à angle droit.

This word in other languages

square(English)cuadrado(Español)quadratisch(Deutsch)quadrado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrré
  • carre
  • caré
  • carér
  • ccarré
  • craré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carré - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acrré2carre1caré1carér2ccarré1craré2
Edit distance from "carré"

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 "carré"?
"carré" is spelled C-A-R-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁe\.
What does "carré" mean?
As an adjective, "carré" means: En forme de rectangle dont les côtés sont tous égaux.
What words are commonly confused with "carré"?
"carré" is commonly confused with "Cré", "crée", "case". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carré" is \ka.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carré" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

canon#3,385Chris#3,391créée#3,394côtes#3,395

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

casser6 variantsvins6 variantsseuil6 variantsstop6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list