arrivent

\a.ʁiv\

/\a.ʁiv\/ verb

The verdict

“arrivent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,066
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-arrivent · arrivent · French

arrivent · rank #2,066 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,066
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apporter

Nearest frequency peer: apporter (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « arrivent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « arrivent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

arrivent vs arriver
75% similar
arrivent vs arrivés
63% similar
arrivent vs arrivez
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for arrivent
PropertyValue
Headwordarrivent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ʁiv\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,066
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « arrivent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.arriventse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apporter » (#2,065), « balle » (#2,067), « barre » (#2,068). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « arrivent » est au #2,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around arrivent (IPA \a.ʁiv\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,066 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for arrivent, with forms such as "arirvent", "arivent", and "arrievnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "arriver", "arrivés", "arrivez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is arrivent, spelled A-R-R-I-V-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe arriver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how arrivent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il était bien question de l’Identité Judiciaire, de tous ces gens qui arrivent après la bataille… alors que lui Sauveur avait délabyrinthé le sac de nœuds et qu’il était impatient de clamer aux carrefours la nouvelle inouïe… (la voix nasillarde d’un sous-fifre lui faisait un compte rendu morne et ennuyeux…) de déposer aux pieds de Brigitte Mahoudier…
  2. Lucien hésita avant que les deux cartouches suivantes n’arrivent dans les tubes de son flingot juste à temps pour faire exploser la lunette arrière du véhicule qui s’évanouit dans la fumée, laissant sur le quai le moteur hors-bord marqué d’impacts de chevrotine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arirvent
  • arivent
  • arrievnt
  • arrivennt
  • arriventt
  • arrivetn
  • arrivnet
  • arrivvent
  • arrvient
  • rarivent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of arrivent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arirvent2arivent1arrievnt2arrivennt1arriventt1arrivetn2arrivnet2arrivvent1
Edit distance from "arrivent"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrivent"?
"arrivent" is spelled A-R-R-I-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁiv\.
What does "arrivent" mean?
As a verb, "arrivent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver.
What words are commonly confused with "arrivent"?
"arrivent" is commonly confused with "arriver", "arrivés", "arrivez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "arrivent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrivent" is \a.ʁiv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrivent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arrivent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list