carrer

/\ka.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,969

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

carrer is aFrenchverb. It means: Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré. Pronounced \ka.ʁe\. Often confused with carte and créer.

Key facts for carrer
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ka.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,969
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of carrer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for carrer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,969 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for carrer, with forms such as "acrrer", "carer", and "carerr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "carte", "créer", "crier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is carrer, spelled C-A-R-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré.
  2. 2
    Trouver un carré équivalent à une surface terminée par des lignes d’une courbure quelconque, en faire la quadrature.
  3. 3
    Élever au carré ; former le carré d’un nombre en multipliant ce nombre par lui-même.
  4. 4
    Marcher avec un maintien qui annonce de la prétention, de l’arrogance.
  5. 5
    S'installer quelque part.
  6. 6
    Développer toute sa carrure.
  7. 7
    Ouvrir le jeu, et faire une forte mise avant d’avoir vu ses cartes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrrer,carer,carerr,carrerr,carrre,ccarrer,crarer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carrer

Misspelling Variants of "carrer"

acrrer6carer5carerr6carrerr7carrre6ccarrer7crarer6
Misspelling Variants of "carrer"

Frequency rank: #48,969 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carrer"?
"carrer" is spelled C-A-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁe\.
What does "carrer" mean?
As a verb, "carrer" means: Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré.
What words are commonly confused with "carrer"?
"carrer" is commonly confused with "carte", "créer", "crier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrer" is \ka.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrer" come from?
"carrer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.