Which to use
“carrer” is a verb and “carrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,969
- “carrer” frequency rank
- #6,058
- “carrés” frequency rank
- 55027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrer | carrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré. | Masculin pluriel de carré. |
Same sound, different letters: carrer vs carrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. carrer and carrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - carrer / carrés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: carrer and carrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 55027, 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\. 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 55027, this pair ranks #130,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrer vs carrés
Shared letters: acr. Private to "carrer": e. Private to "carrés": sé.
"carrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrer ← acrrer · carer · carerr · carrerr · carrre · ccarrer · crarer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carrer" for "carrés" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrer" 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 #130,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrer" and "carrés" 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 #130,126 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.