Which to use
“Carrère” is a name and “carrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,295
- “Carrère” frequency rank
- #49,540
- “carrez” frequency rank
- 85835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Carrère | carrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe carrer. |
Letter map: Carrère vs carrez
Shared letters muted; letters that set Carrère and carrez apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Carrère runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against carrez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Carrère and carrez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Carrère is aname and carrezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Carrère is recorded at frequency rank #36,295, classified as aname. carrez is at rank #49,540, tagged as averb, 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 85835, this pair ranks #10,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Carrère vs carrez
Shared letters: acer. Private to "Carrère": è. Private to "carrez": z.
"Carrère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "carrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrez ← acrrez · carerz · carez · carrezz · carrze · ccarrez · crarez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Carrère" for "carrez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Carrère" or "carrez"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Carrère" and "carrez".
- Full dictionary entry for "Carrère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Carrère" and "carrez" 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 #10,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.