Which to use
“carrière” and “carrure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,020
- “carrière” frequency rank
- #26,995
- “carrure” frequency rank
- 28015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrière | carrure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Champ de courses : espace fermé de barrières et disposé pour toute sorte de courses, principalement pour les courses à cheval ou en char. | Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules. |
Where the eye mixes carrière and carrure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. carrière runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against carrure's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between carrière and carrure
A purely visual mix-up. carrière (\ka.ʁjɛʁ\) and carrure (\ka.ʁyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrière is recorded at frequency rank #1,020, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁjɛʁ\. carrure is at rank #26,995, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁyʁ\.
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 28015, this pair ranks #325,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrière vs carrure
Shared letters: acer. Private to "carrière": iè. Private to "carrure": u.
"carrière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "carrure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- carrure ← acrrure · carrrue · carruer · carrurre · carure · carurre · ccarrure · crarure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carrière" and "carrure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "carrière" or "carrure" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "carrière" and "carrure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrière" and "carrure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrer vs carrure". 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 #325,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.