Which to use
“carrée” is a noun and “carrées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,130
- “carrée” frequency rank
- #24,510
- “carrées” frequency rank
- 37640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrée | carrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cadre, châssis de bois d’un lit. | Féminin pluriel de carré. |
Same sound, different letters: carrée vs carrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. carrée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against carrées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - carrée and carrées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: carrée and carrées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “carrée” sits inside “carrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrée is recorded at frequency rank #13,130, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁe\. carrées is at rank #24,510, tagged as anadj, 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 37640, this pair ranks #261,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrée vs carrées
Shared letters: aceré. Private to "carrée": -. Private to "carrées": s.
"carrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "carrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carrée" and "carrées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "carrée" vs "carrées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "carrée" / "carrées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrée" and "carrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrées vs carrez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #261,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.