Which to use
“carrées” is an adjective and “carrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,510
- “carrées” frequency rank
- #49,540
- “carrez” frequency rank
- 74050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrées | carrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de carré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe carrer. |
Same sound, different letters: carrées vs carrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. carrées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against carrez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: carrées vs carrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: carrées and carrez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74050, 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\. 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 74050, this pair ranks #38,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carrées vs carrez
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carrées": sé. Private to "carrez": z.
"carrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "carrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrez ← acrrez · carerz · carez · carrezz · carrze · ccarrez · crarez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carrées" and "carrez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "carrées" or "carrez" show up more?
After this comparison
"carrées" and "carrez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrées" 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 #38,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrées" 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 #38,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.