carrure

/\ka.ʁyʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,995

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

carrure is aFrenchnoun. It means: Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules. Pronounced \ka.ʁyʁ\. Often confused with charrue and cassure.

Key facts for carrure
PropertyValue
Headwordcarrure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,995
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for carrure is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,995 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for carrure, with forms such as "acrrure", "carrrue", and "carruer". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "charrue", "cassure", "carré", 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 carrure, spelled C-A-R-R-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules.
  2. 2
    Largeur du dos d’un habit.
  3. 3
    Répartition d’une phrase musicale en mesures égales.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrrure,carrrue,carruer,carrurre,carure,carurre,ccarrure,crarure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for carrure

Misspelling Variants of "carrure"

acrrure7carrrue7carruer7carrurre8carure6carurre7ccarrure8crarure7
Misspelling Variants of "carrure"

Frequency rank: #26,995 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carrure"?
"carrure" is spelled C-A-R-R-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁyʁ\.
What does "carrure" mean?
As a noun, "carrure" means: Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules.
What words are commonly confused with "carrure"?
"carrure" is commonly confused with "charrue", "cassure", "carré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carrure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carrure" is \ka.ʁyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carrure" come from?
"carrure" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.