Which to use
“Carrère” is a name and “carrière” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,295
- “Carrère” frequency rank
- #1,020
- “carrière” frequency rank
- 37315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Carrère | carrière |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Champ de courses : espace fermé de barrières et disposé pour toute sorte de courses, principalement pour les courses à cheval ou en char. |
Letter map: Carrère vs carrière
Shared letters muted; letters that set Carrère and carrière apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. Carrère runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against carrière's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Carrère / carrière
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Carrère is aname and carrièreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Carrère is recorded at frequency rank #36,295, classified as aname. 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 37315, this pair ranks #263,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Carrère vs carrière
Shared letters: acerè. Private to "Carrère": -. Private to "carrière": i.
"Carrère" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "carrière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Carrère" and "carrière" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Carrère" vs "carrière" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Carrère" and "carrière".
- Full dictionary entry for "Carrère" 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 #263,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Carrère" and "carrière" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Carrère vs carrez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #263,308 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.