Which to use
“cargos” and “carmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,920
- “cargos” frequency rank
- #30,089
- “carmes” frequency rank
- 65009
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cargos | carmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cargo. | Pluriel de carme. |
Where the eye mixes cargos and carmes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cargos and carmes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cargos with carmes
A purely visual mix-up. cargos (\kaʁ.ɡo\) and carmes (\kaʁm\) 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 65009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cargos is recorded at frequency rank #34,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.ɡo\. carmes is at rank #30,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁm\.
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 65009, this pair ranks #74,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cargos vs carmes
Shared letters: acrs. Private to "cargos": go. Private to "carmes": em.
"cargos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cargos" and "carmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cargos" vs "carmes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cargos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cargos" and "carmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cargos vs carpes". 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 #74,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.