Which to use
“cargo” and “carne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,532
- “cargo” frequency rank
- #45,492
- “carne” frequency rank
- 59024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cargo | carne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Navire destiné à transporter des marchandises. | Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie. |
Where the eye mixes cargo and carne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cargo vs carne
A purely visual mix-up. cargo (\kaʁ.ɡo\) and carne (\kaʁn\) 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 59024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cargo is recorded at frequency rank #13,532, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.ɡo\. carne is at rank #45,492, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁn\.
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 59024, this pair ranks #105,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cargo vs carne
Shared letters: acr. Private to "cargo": go. Private to "carne": en.
"cargo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "carne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cargo" and "carne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cargo" vs "carne" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cargo" and "carne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cargo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cargo" and "carne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carne 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 #105,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.