carrée

\ka.ʁe\

/\ka.ʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“carrée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,130
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cadre, châssis de bois d’un lit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carree · carrée · French

carrée · rank #13,130 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,130
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cale

Nearest frequency peer: cale (-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 « carrée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carrée » 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).

carrée vs crée
67% similar
carrée vs carte
67% similar
carrée vs Corée
50% similar

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

Key facts for carrée
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,130
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carréese 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 « cale » (#13,129), « chantant » (#13,131), « cachet » (#13,128). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrée » est au #13,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around carrée (IPA \ka.ʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,130 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrée, with forms such as "acrrée", "carree", and "carreé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crée", "carte", "Corée", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is carrée, spelled C-A-R-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cadre, châssis de bois d’un lit.
  2. 2
    Cadre ou couronne de métal qui sert à attacher les rideaux d’un lit.
  3. 3
    Note qui vaut deux rondes, soit l'équivalent de huit temps.
  4. 4
    Chambre, logement.
  5. 5
    Voile carrée fixée à un mat droit.
  6. 6
    Châssis qui forme le fond du lit des officiers et sur lequel on tend une toile.
  7. 7
    Abri qui sert de cuisine, et que les mariniers installent au milieu du pont.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour former une mesure à quatre temps, on peut prendre la blanche comme unité de temps. La valeur de note qu'on emploie pour marquer la durée entière de cette forme de mesure se nomme carrée. Le silence équivalent se nomme pause maxime. La carrée dure autant que deux rondes.
  2. V’là des jours que j’passe, après toi, à me rappeler comme t’étais plaisante quand tu l’voulais, dans la carrée au père Bouvier.

This word in other languages

breve(English)cuadrada(Español)Brevis(Deutsch)breve(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrrée
  • carree
  • carreé
  • carée
  • carére
  • ccarrée
  • crarée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carrée - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acrrée2carree1carreé2carée1carére2ccarrée1crarée2
Edit distance from "carrée"

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 "carrée"?
"carrée" is spelled C-A-R-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁe\.
What does "carrée" mean?
As a noun, "carrée" means: Cadre, châssis de bois d’un lit.
What words are commonly confused with "carrée"?
"carrée" is commonly confused with "crée", "carte", "Corée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrée" is \ka.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cachet#13,128choper#13,134brebis#13,122Conrad#13,142

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Blois7 variantsblair7 variantscookie7 variantsbattle7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list