Which to use
“arbitrage” and “arbitrages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,028
- “arbitrage” frequency rank
- #31,823
- “arbitrages” frequency rank
- 38851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arbitrage | arbitrages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Procédure qui consiste à soumettre un différend à un ou à des arbitres. | Pluriel de arbitrage. |
Same sound, different letters: arbitrage vs arbitrages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. arbitrage runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against arbitrages's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: arbitrage vs arbitrages
This is the hard kind. arbitrage and arbitrages are pronounced identically (\aʁ.bi.tʁaʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “arbitrage” sits inside “arbitrages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arbitrage is recorded at frequency rank #7,028, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.bi.tʁaʒ\. arbitrages is at rank #31,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.bit.ʁaʒ\.
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 38851, this pair ranks #252,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arbitrage vs arbitrages
Shared letters: abegirt. Private to "arbitrage": -. Private to "arbitrages": s.
"arbitrage" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "arbitrages" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arbitrage ← abritrage · arbbitrage · arbirtage · arbitarge · arbitraeg · arbitragge · arbitrgae · arbitrrage
- arbitrages ← abritrages · arbbitrages · arbirtages · arbitarges · arbitraegs · arbitragess · arbitragges · arbitragse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arbitrage" for "arbitrages" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "arbitrage" or "arbitrages" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "arbitrage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arbitrages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arbitrage" and "arbitrages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arbitrages vs arbitrale". 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 #252,354 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.