carrefour

\kaʁ.fuʁ\

/\kaʁ.fuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“carrefour” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,838
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endroit où, dans les villes et à la campagne, se croisent plusieurs rues, routes, chemins.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carrefour · carrefour · French

carrefour · rank #4,838 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,838
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cardiaque

Nearest frequency peer: cardiaque (-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 « carrefour »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carrefour » 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).

carrefour vs carrefours
90% similar

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

Key facts for carrefour
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrefour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.fuʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,838
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrefour »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carrefourse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cardiaque » (#4,837), « citation » (#4,840), « brut » (#4,835). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrefour » est au #4,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around carrefour (IPA \kaʁ.fuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,838 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrefour, with forms such as "acrrefour", "carefour", and "carerfour". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "carrefours", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is carrefour, spelled C-A-R-R-E-F-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Endroit où, dans les villes et à la campagne, se croisent plusieurs rues, routes, chemins.
  2. 2
    Moment clé.
  3. 3
    Lieu de rencontre d'idées, de cultures, de doctrines ou de peuples différents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. (…), tous les trois brisés du voyage, effarés et perdus au milieu du vaste Paris, le nez levé sur les maisons, demandant à chaque carrefour la rue de la Michodière, dans laquelle leur oncle Baudu demeurait.
  2. Aux carrefours, des plaques tentatrices indiquent Colmar, Strasbourg, Fribourg, avec le nombre de kilomètres le plus réduit, en évitant d’atteindre un chiffre rond, comme dans les grands magasins : 59, 99, 119.

Synonyms

compitecroisementcroisée des cheminsintersectionquadriviequatre-cheminscarrougecarroi

This word in other languages

crossing(English)intersección(Español)Kreuzung(Deutsch)encruzilhada(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrrefour
  • carefour
  • carerfour
  • carreffour
  • carreforu
  • carrefourr
  • carrefuor
  • carreofur
  • carrfeour
  • ccarrefour
  • crarefour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acrrefour2carefour1carerfour2carreffour1carreforu2carrefourr1carrefuor2carreofur2
Edit distance from "carrefour"

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 "carrefour"?
"carrefour" is spelled C-A-R-R-E-F-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.fuʁ\.
What does "carrefour" mean?
As a noun, "carrefour" means: Endroit où, dans les villes et à la campagne, se croisent plusieurs rues, routes, chemins.
What words are commonly confused with "carrefour"?
"carrefour" is commonly confused with "carrefours". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrefour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrefour" is \kaʁ.fuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrefour" come from?
"carrefour" 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 "carrefour", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cardiaque#4,837dirigeant#4,852exigences#4,859Sébastien#4,810

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

citation11 variantsconfort11 variantsdépense11 variantsséparer11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list