Which to use
“carrée” is a noun and “carrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,130
- “carrée” frequency rank
- #49,540
- “carrez” frequency rank
- 62670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrée | carrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cadre, châssis de bois d’un lit. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe carrer. |
Same sound, different letters: carrée vs carrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. carrée (CVCCVV) and carrez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - carrée and carrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: carrée and carrez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62670, 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\. 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 62670, this pair ranks #85,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carrée vs carrez
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carrée": é. Private to "carrez": z.
"carrée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "carrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrez ← acrrez · carerz · carez · carrezz · carrze · ccarrez · crarez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carrée" and "carrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
"carrée" and "carrez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrée" 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 #85,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrée" 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 #85,949 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.