Which to use
“actives” and “arrivés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,335
- “actives” frequency rank
- #3,735
- “arrivés” frequency rank
- 15070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | actives | arrivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de actif. | Masculin pluriel de arrivé. |
Where the eye mixes actives and arrivés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. actives and arrivés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: actives vs arrivés
A purely visual mix-up. actives (\ak.tiv\) and arrivés (\a.ʁi.ve\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15070, 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\. arrivés is at rank #3,735, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁi.ve\.
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 15070, this pair ranks #393,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of actives vs arrivés
Shared letters: aisv. Private to "actives": cet. Private to "arrivés": ré.
"actives" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "arrivés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- actives ← acctives · acitves · actievs · activess · activse · activves · acttives · actvies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "actives" and "arrivés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "actives" vs "arrivés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "actives" and "arrivés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "actives" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "actives" and "arrivés" 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 #393,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.