Which to use
“arrachées” is an adjective and “arrangées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,249
- “arrachées” frequency rank
- #47,161
- “arrangées” frequency rank
- 83410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrachées | arrangées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de arraché. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe arranger. |
Where the eye mixes arrachées and arrangées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arrachées and arrangées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between arrachées and arrangées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arrachées is \a.ʁa.ʃe\ while arrangées is \a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrachées is recorded at frequency rank #36,249, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁa.ʃe\. arrangées is at rank #47,161, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\.
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 83410, this pair ranks #14,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrachées vs arrangées
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "arrachées": ch. Private to "arrangées": gn.
"arrachées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "arrangées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrachées" for "arrangées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "arrachées" or "arrangées"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrachées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrangées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrachées" and "arrangées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrangées vs arrangera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #14,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.