Which to use
“card” and “cdr” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,677
- “card” frequency rank
- #39,697
- “cdr” frequency rank
- 58374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | card | cdr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Carte. | La seconde partie du doublet en LISP, qui pointe le reste d’une liste. |
Where the eye mixes card and cdr
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: card vs cdr
A purely visual mix-up. card (\kɑːɹd\) and cdr (\ku.dœʁ\) 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 58374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
card is recorded at frequency rank #18,677, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑːɹd\. cdr is at rank #39,697, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.dœʁ\.
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 58374, this pair ranks #109,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of card vs cdr
Shared letters: cdr. Private to "card": a. Private to "cdr": -.
"card" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- card ← acrd · cadr · cardd · carrd · ccard · crad
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "card" and "cdr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "card" or "cdr" 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 "card" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cdr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "card" and "cdr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cdr vs ciro". 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 #109,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.