Which to use
“carrer” is a verb and “carrière” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,969
- “carrer” frequency rank
- #1,020
- “carrière” frequency rank
- 49989
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrer | carrière |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner une figure carrée, rendre carré. | Champ de courses : espace fermé de barrières et disposé pour toute sorte de courses, principalement pour les courses à cheval ou en char. |
Where the eye mixes carrer and carrière
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. carrer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against carrière's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: carrer vs carrière
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carrer is \ka.ʁe\ while carrière 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49989, 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\. carrière is at rank #1,020, 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 49989, this pair ranks #166,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrer vs carrière
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carrer": -. Private to "carrière": iè.
"carrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrer ← acrrer · carer · carerr · carrerr · carrre · ccarrer · crarer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carrer" for "carrière" ever safe?
Frequency check: "carrer" vs "carrière" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrière" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrer" and "carrière" 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 #166,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.