Which to use
“cadence” and “carences” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,986
- “cadence” frequency rank
- #21,561
- “carences” frequency rank
- 35547
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadence | carences |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite régulière de sons, de gestes, de mouvements, d’événements, etc., rythme. | Pluriel de carence. |
Where the eye mixes cadence and carences
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cadence with carences
A purely visual mix-up. cadence (\ka.dɑ̃s\) and carences (\ka.ʁɑ̃s\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadence is recorded at frequency rank #13,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.dɑ̃s\. carences is at rank #21,561, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁɑ̃s\.
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 35547, this pair ranks #275,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cadence vs carences
Shared letters: acen. Private to "cadence": d. Private to "carences": rs.
"cadence" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "carences" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cadence" and "carences" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cadence" or "carences"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cadence" and "carences" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carences" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadence" and "carences" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calendes vs carences". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #275,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.