carrière

\ka.ʁjɛʁ\

/\ka.ʁjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“carrière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,020. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,020
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Champ de courses : espace fermé de barrières et disposé pour toute sorte de courses, principalement pour les courses à cheval ou en char.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carriere · carrière · French

carrière · rank #1,020 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,020
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH assurer

Nearest frequency peer: assurer (-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 « carrière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « carrière » 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).

carrière vs cartier
63% similar
carrière vs carrure
75% similar
carrière vs charrier
63% similar

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

Key facts for carrière
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,020
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « carrière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.carrièrese 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 « assurer » (#1,019), « arrêté » (#1,018), « commun » (#1,022). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carrière » est au #1,020. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around carrière (IPA \ka.ʁjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,020 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrière, with forms such as "acrrière", "carirère", and "carière". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "cartier", "carrure", "charrier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 carrière, spelled C-A-R-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Champ de courses : espace fermé de barrières et disposé pour toute sorte de courses, principalement pour les courses à cheval ou en char.
  2. 2
    L’étendue de terrain où l’on peut faire courir un cheval sans qu’il perde haleine.
  3. 3
    Espace de dimensions réduites.
  4. 4
    Le cours de la vie, le temps qu’on exerce un emploi ou une charge.
  5. 5
    Profession que l’on embrasse, études auxquelles on se livre ou entreprises où l’on s’engage.
  6. 6
    La carrière diplomatique (souvent écrit avec une initiale majuscule).
  7. 7
    Le mouvement périodique des astres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le bout de la carrière.
  2. Aller jusqu’au bout de la carrière.

This word in other languages

career(English)carrera(Español)Bahn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrrière
  • carirère
  • carière
  • carriere
  • carrirèe
  • carrièer
  • carrièrre
  • carrèire
  • ccarrière
  • crarière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carrière - 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.

acrrière2carirère2carière1carriere1carrirèe2carrièer2carrièrre1carrèire2
Edit distance from "carrière"

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 "carrière"?
"carrière" is spelled C-A-R-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "carrière" mean?
As a noun, "carrière" means: Champ de courses : espace fermé de barrières et disposé pour toute sorte de courses, principalement pour les courses à cheval ou en char.
What words are commonly confused with "carrière"?
"carrière" is commonly confused with "cartier", "carrure", "charrier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrière" is \ka.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrière" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prochain#1,008mauvaise#1,033principe#1,007Montréal#1,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

analyse10 variantsédition10 variantssecteur10 variantsutilisé10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list