# actives vs archives

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### actives
*adjective · IPA \ak.tiv\ · frequency rank #11,335*
Féminin pluriel de actif.

### archives
*noun · IPA \aʁ.ʃiv\ · frequency rank #2,351*
Pluriel de archive.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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