Which to use
“carrer” and “carrera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,969
- “carrer” frequency rank
- #44,356
- “carrera” frequency rank
- 93325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrer | carrera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de carrer. |
Where the eye mixes carrer and carrera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. carrer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against carrera's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between carrer and carrera
A purely visual mix-up. carrer (\ka.ʁe\) and carrera (\ka.ʁə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “carrer” sits inside “carrera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrer is recorded at frequency rank #48,969, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.ʁe\. carrera is at rank #44,356, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.ʁə.ʁa\.
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 93325, this pair ranks #2,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carrer vs carrera
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carrer": -. Private to "carrera": -.
"carrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carrer" and "carrera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "carrer" vs "carrera" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "carrer" and "carrera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrer" and "carrera" 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 #2,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.