Which to use
“carrées” is an adjective and “carrières” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,510
- “carrées” frequency rank
- #8,351
- “carrières” frequency rank
- 32861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrées | carrières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de carré. | Pluriel de carrière. |
Where the eye mixes carrées and carrières
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. carrées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against carrières's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between carrées and carrières
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carrées is \ka.ʁe\ while carrières is \ka.ʁjɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32861, 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\. carrières is at rank #8,351, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁjɛʁ\.
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 32861, this pair ranks #294,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrées vs carrières
Shared letters: acers. Private to "carrées": é. Private to "carrières": iè.
"carrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "carrières" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carrées" and "carrières" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "carrées" or "carrières"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "carrées" and "carrières" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrées" and "carrières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrées vs carrez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #294,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.