Which to use
“cachés” and “carrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,667
- “cachés” frequency rank
- #6,058
- “carrés” frequency rank
- 14725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachés | carrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de caché. | Masculin pluriel de carré. |
Where the eye mixes cachés and carrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cachés and carrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cachés and carrés
A purely visual mix-up. cachés (\ka.ʃe\) and carrés (\ka.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachés is recorded at frequency rank #8,667, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʃe\. carrés is at rank #6,058, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 14725, this pair ranks #395,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cachés vs carrés
Shared letters: acsé. Private to "cachés": h. Private to "carrés": r.
"cachés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cachés" and "carrés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cachés" or "carrés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cachés" and "carrés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachés" and "carrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachés vs coaches". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #395,458 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.