Which to use
“actes” is a noun and “artus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,552
- “actes” frequency rank
- #40,127
- “artus” frequency rank
- 41679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actes | artus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de acte. | Étroit, serré. |
Letter map: actes vs artus
Shared letters muted; letters that set actes and artus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. actes and artus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - actes and artus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: actes is anoun and artusanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
actes is recorded at frequency rank #1,552, classified as anoun, pronounced \akt\. artus is at rank #40,127, tagged as anadj.
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 41679, this pair ranks #231,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of actes vs artus
Shared letters: ast. Private to "actes": ce. Private to "artus": ru.
"actes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "artus" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "actes" and "artus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "actes" or "artus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "actes" vs "artus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "actes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "artus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,285 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actes" and "artus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arti vs artus". 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 #231,285 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.