Which to use
“carrés” is an adjective and “carrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,058
- “carrés” frequency rank
- #49,540
- “carrez” frequency rank
- 55598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrés | carrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de carré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe carrer. |
Same sound, different letters: carrés vs carrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. carrés and carrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - carrés and carrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: carrés and carrez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 55598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrés is recorded at frequency rank #6,058, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʁe\. 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 55598, this pair ranks #126,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrés vs carrez
Shared letters: acr. Private to "carrés": sé. Private to "carrez": ez.
"carrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrez ← acrrez · carerz · carez · carrezz · carrze · ccarrez · crarez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carrés" and "carrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "carrés" or "carrez"?
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 "carrés" 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 #126,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrés" 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 #126,468 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.