Which to use
“carne” and “cartes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,492
- “carne” frequency rank
- #1,766
- “cartes” frequency rank
- 47258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carne | cartes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie. | Pluriel de carte. |
Where the eye mixes carne and cartes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. carne runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cartes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: carne vs cartes
A purely visual mix-up. carne (\kaʁn\) and cartes (\kaʁt\) 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 47258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carne is recorded at frequency rank #45,492, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁn\. cartes is at rank #1,766, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁt\.
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 47258, this pair ranks #188,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carne vs cartes
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carne": n. Private to "cartes": st.
"carne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cartes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carne" and "cartes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "carne" or "cartes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "carne" and "cartes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cartes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carne" and "cartes" 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 #188,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.