Which to use
“carnet” is a noun and “carrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,036
- “carnet” frequency rank
- #49,540
- “carrez” frequency rank
- 56576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carnet | carrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit livre de comptes ou de notes que l’on porte avec soi. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe carrer. |
Where the eye mixes carnet and carrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. carnet and carrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between carnet and carrez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carnet is \kaʁ.nɛ\ while carrez is \ka.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carnet is recorded at frequency rank #7,036, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.nɛ\. carrez is at rank #49,540, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.ʁe\.
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 56576, this pair ranks #120,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carnet vs carrez
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carnet": nt. Private to "carrez": z.
"carnet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carnet" and "carrez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "carnet" or "carrez"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "carnet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carnet" and "carrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrer 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 #120,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.