Which to use
“armée” is a noun and “arrêté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #575
- “armée” frequency rank
- #1,018
- “arrêté” frequency rank
- 1593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | armée | arrêté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble structuré de soldats, avec leur équipement et leurs infrastructures. | Qui est immobile, immuable. |
Where the eye mixes armée and arrêté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses armée with arrêté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: armée is \aʁ.me\ while arrêté is \a.ʁɛ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
armée is recorded at frequency rank #575, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.me\. arrêté is at rank #1,018, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.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 1593, this pair ranks #437,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of armée vs arrêté
Shared letters: aré. Private to "armée": em. Private to "arrêté": tê.
"armée" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "arrêté" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "armée" for "arrêté" ever safe?
Frequency check: "armée" vs "arrêté" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "armée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "armée" and "arrêté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs armée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #437,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.