Which to use
“carrure” and “charrue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,995
- “carrure” frequency rank
- #28,480
- “charrue” frequency rank
- 55475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrure | charrue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Largeur du dos à l’endroit des épaules. | Terme générique par lequel on désigne les différents types d’instruments de labourage qui varient selon les pays, les époques, les techniques et les besoins. |
Where the eye mixes carrure and charrue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. carrure (CVCCVCV) and charrue (CCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: carrure vs charrue
A purely visual mix-up. carrure (\ka.ʁyʁ\) and charrue (\ʃa.ʁy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrure is recorded at frequency rank #26,995, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁyʁ\. charrue is at rank #28,480, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.ʁy\.
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 55475, this pair ranks #127,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrure vs charrue
Shared letters: aceru. Private to "carrure": -. Private to "charrue": h.
"carrure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "charrue" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carrure" and "charrue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "carrure" vs "charrue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "charrue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrure" and "charrue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "charmée vs charrue". 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 #127,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.