carrer

\ka.ʁe\

/\ka.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“carrer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,969
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carrer · carrer · French

carrer · rank #48,969 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,969
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Carlotta

Nearest frequency peer: Carlotta (-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 « carrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carrer » 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).

carrer vs carte
67% similar
carrer vs créer
67% similar
carrer vs crier
67% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carrerse 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 « Carlotta » (#48,968), « Casamance » (#48,970), « caterpillar » (#48,971). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrer » est au #48,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around carrer (IPA \ka.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,969 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 carrer, with forms such as "acrrer", "carer", and "carerr". 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, "carte", "créer", "crier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is carrer, spelled C-A-R-R-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Carrer un bloc de marbre.
  2. […] toutefois personne ne se dérangea pour lui faire place. Au contraire, au fur et à mesure qu’il passait derrière les convives […] les domestiques saxons carraient leurs épaules et continuaient à dévorer leur souper avec acharnement […]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrrer
  • carer
  • carerr
  • carrerr
  • carrre
  • ccarrer
  • crarer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acrrer2carer1carerr2carrerr1carrre2ccarrer1crarer2
Edit distance from "carrer"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

carina#48,965callas#48,961chapel#48,979chient#48,980

Similar misspelling depth

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

causses7 variantscedar7 variantscakes7 variantsboers7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list