Which to use
“arrange” and “arrangée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,274
- “arrange” frequency rank
- #35,811
- “arrangée” frequency rank
- 43085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrange | arrangée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe arranger. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe arranger. |
Where the eye mixes arrange and arrangée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: arrange vs arrangée
A purely visual mix-up. arrange (\a.ʁɑ̃ʒ\) and arrangée (\a.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrange is recorded at frequency rank #7,274, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʁɑ̃ʒ\. arrangée is at rank #35,811, 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 43085, this pair ranks #220,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrange vs arrangée
Shared letters: aegnr. Private to "arrange": -. Private to "arrangée": é.
"arrange" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "arrangée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrange ← arange · ararnge · arragne · arraneg · arrangge · arrannge · arrnage · rarange
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrange" for "arrangée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrange" vs "arrangée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrange" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrangée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrange" and "arrangée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrangée vs arrangées". 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 #220,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.