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“arrangement” and “arrangements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,430
- “arrangement” frequency rank
- #11,712
- “arrangements” frequency rank
- 21142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrangement | arrangements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’arranger ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de arrangement. |
Same sound, different letters: arrangement vs arrangements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. arrangement runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCVCC) against arrangements's 12 (VCCVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - arrangement / arrangements
This is the hard kind. arrangement and arrangements are pronounced identically (\a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “arrangement” sits inside “arrangements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrangement is recorded at frequency rank #9,430, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. arrangements is at rank #11,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁɑ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\.
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 21142, this pair ranks #364,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrangement vs arrangements
Shared letters: aegmnrt. Private to "arrangement": -. Private to "arrangements": s.
"arrangement" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC · "arrangements" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrangement ← arangement · ararngement · arragnement · arranegment · arrangeemnt · arrangemennt · arrangementt · arrangemetn
- arrangements ← arangements · ararngements · arragnements · arranegments · arrangeemnts · arrangemennts · arrangemenst · arrangementss
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "arrangement" / "arrangements". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrangement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrangements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrangement" and "arrangements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrangeant vs arrangement". 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 #364,642 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.