Which to use
“carrera” is a verb and “Carrère” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,356
- “carrera” frequency rank
- #36,295
- “Carrère” frequency rank
- 80651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrera | Carrère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de carrer. | Nom de famille. |
Letter map: carrera vs Carrère
Shared letters muted; letters that set carrera and Carrère apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. carrera and Carrère follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - carrera and Carrère
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: carrera is averb and Carrèreaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrera is recorded at frequency rank #44,356, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.ʁə.ʁa\. Carrère is at rank #36,295, tagged as aname.
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 80651, this pair ranks #20,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carrera vs Carrère
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carrera": -. Private to "Carrère": è.
"carrera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "Carrère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrera ← acrrera · carera · carerra · carrear · carrerra · carrrea · ccarrera · crarera
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carrera" and "Carrère" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "carrera" vs "Carrère" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "carrera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Carrère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrera" and "Carrère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrera 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 #20,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.