Which to use
“cadrer” and “carrera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,324
- “cadrer” frequency rank
- #44,356
- “carrera” frequency rank
- 76680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadrer | carrera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’ajuster à, avoir de la convenance, du rapport. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de carrer. |
Where the eye mixes cadrer and carrera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cadrer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against carrera's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cadrer vs carrera
A purely visual mix-up. cadrer (\kɑ.dʁe\) and carrera (\ka.ʁə.ʁa\) 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 76680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadrer is recorded at frequency rank #32,324, classified as averb, pronounced \kɑ.dʁe\. carrera is at rank #44,356, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.ʁə.ʁa\.
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 76680, this pair ranks #30,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cadrer vs carrera
Shared letters: acer. Private to "cadrer": d. Private to "carrera": -.
"cadrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cadrer" for "carrera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cadrer" or "carrera"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cadrer" and "carrera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadrer" and "carrera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrera vs carrez". 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 #30,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.