Which to use
“armés” is an adjective and “arrêts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,213
- “armés” frequency rank
- #5,631
- “arrêts” frequency rank
- 10844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | armés | arrêts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de armé. | Défense qui est faite à un officier de sortir de chez lui, ou de s’éloigner d’un lieu déterminé. |
Where the eye mixes armés and arrêts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses armés with arrêts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: armés is \aʁ.me\ while arrêts is \a.ʁɛ\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
armés is recorded at frequency rank #5,213, classified as anadj, pronounced \aʁ.me\. arrêts is at rank #5,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁɛ\.
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 10844, this pair ranks #411,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of armés vs arrêts
Shared letters: ars. Private to "armés": mé. Private to "arrêts": tê.
"armés" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "arrêts" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "armés" and "arrêts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "armés" or "arrêts"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "armés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "armés" and "arrêts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrêts vs aryens". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #411,458 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.