Which to use
“cadrage” and “carafe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,264
- “cadrage” frequency rank
- #35,851
- “carafe” frequency rank
- 65115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadrage | carafe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de cadrer, choix des limites du champ visuel enregistré par l’appareil de prise de vue. | Sorte de bouteille de verre ou de cristal, avec ou sans bouchon, plus large par le bas que par le haut, qui sert principalement à contenir l’eau et quelquefois le vin ou les liqueurs que l’on sert à table. |
Where the eye mixes cadrage and carafe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cadrage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against carafe's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cadrage vs carafe
A purely visual mix-up. cadrage (\ka.dʁaʒ\) and carafe (\ka.ʁaf\) 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 65115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadrage is recorded at frequency rank #29,264, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.dʁaʒ\. carafe is at rank #35,851, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁaf\.
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 65115, this pair ranks #73,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cadrage vs carafe
Shared letters: acer. Private to "cadrage": dg. Private to "carafe": f.
"cadrage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "carafe" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cadrage" for "carafe" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cadrage" or "carafe" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadrage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carafe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadrage" and "carafe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carafe vs curage". 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 #73,775 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.