Which to use
“activez” and “arrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,451
- “activez” frequency rank
- #11,913
- “arrivez” frequency rank
- 42364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activez | arrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe activer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Where the eye mixes activez and arrivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses activez with arrivez
A purely visual mix-up. activez (\ak.ti.ve\) and arrivez (\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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activez is recorded at frequency rank #30,451, classified as averb, pronounced \ak.ti.ve\. arrivez is at rank #11,913, tagged as averb, 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 42364, this pair ranks #226,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of activez vs arrivez
Shared letters: aeivz. Private to "activez": ct. Private to "arrivez": r.
"activez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "arrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "activez" for "arrivez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "activez" vs "arrivez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "activez" and "arrivez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "activez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activez" and "arrivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "activées vs activez". 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 #226,162 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.