Which to use
“actives” is an adjective and “activités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,335
- “actives” frequency rank
- #973
- “activités” frequency rank
- 12308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actives | activités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de actif. | Pluriel de activité. |
Where the eye mixes actives and activités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. actives runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against activités's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between actives and activités
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: actives is \ak.tiv\ while activités is \ak.ti.vi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
actives is recorded at frequency rank #11,335, classified as anadj, pronounced \ak.tiv\. activités is at rank #973, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ak.ti.vi.te\.
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 12308, this pair ranks #405,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of actives vs activités
Shared letters: acistv. Private to "actives": e. Private to "activités": é.
"actives" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "activités" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- actives ← acctives · acitves · actievs · activess · activse · activves · acttives · actvies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "actives" and "activités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "actives" or "activités"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "actives" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "activités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actives" and "activités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "activées vs actives". 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 #405,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.