Which to use
“carrées” and “carrés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,510
- “carrées” frequency rank
- #6,058
- “carrés” frequency rank
- 30568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrées | carrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de carré. | Masculin pluriel de carré. |
Same sound, different letters: carrées vs carrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. carrées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against carrés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - carrées / carrés
This is the hard kind. carrées and carrés are pronounced identically (\ka.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrées is recorded at frequency rank #24,510, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʁe\. carrés is at rank #6,058, 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 30568, this pair ranks #309,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrées vs carrés
Shared letters: acrsé. Private to "carrées": e. Private to "carrés": -.
"carrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "carrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carrées" and "carrés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "carrées" or "carrés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrées" and "carrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrées vs carrez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #309,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.