mètre carré

\mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\

/\mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“mètre carré” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure de surface du Système international (SI) correspondant à la surface d’un carré d’un mètre de coté, dont le symbole est m².

Key facts for mètre carré
PropertyValue
Headwordmètre carré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mètre carré” sits in French frequency

mètre carré falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mètre carré is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de surface du Système international (SI) correspondant à la surface d’un carré d’un mètre de coté, dont le symbole est m².".

mètre carré has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mètre carré, spelled M-È-T-R-E- -C-A-R-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de surface du Système international (SI) correspondant à la surface d’un carré d’un mètre de coté, dont le symbole est m².

This word in other languages

square metre(English)Quadratmeter(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mètre carré"?
"mètre carré" is spelled M-È-T-R-E- -C-A-R-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\.
What does "mètre carré" mean?
As a noun, "mètre carré" means: Unité de mesure de surface du Système international (SI) correspondant à la surface d’un carré d’un mètre de coté, dont le symbole est m².
How do you pronounce "mètre carré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mètre carré" is \mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mètre carré" come from?
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Using “mètre carré”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-È-T-R-E- -C-A-R-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛtʁ ka.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list