Which to use
“army” and “arti” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,358
- “army” frequency rank
- #49,494
- “arti” frequency rank
- 69852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | army | arti |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Armée (plus particulièrement armée de terre), groupe organisé de soldats. | Métier. |
Where the eye mixes army and arti
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. army and arti follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses army with arti
A purely visual mix-up. army (\ˈɑɹ.mi\) and arti (\ˈar.ti\) 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 69852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
army is recorded at frequency rank #20,358, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɑɹ.mi\. arti is at rank #49,494, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈar.ti\.
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 69852, this pair ranks #53,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of army vs arti
Shared letters: ar. Private to "army": my. Private to "arti": it.
"army" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "arti" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "army" and "arti" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "army" or "arti"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "army" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "army" and "arti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arti vs aru". 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 #53,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.