Which to use
“arrêta” and “arriva” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,359
- “arrêta” frequency rank
- #11,344
- “arriva” frequency rank
- 31703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrêta | arriva |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arrêter. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arriver. |
Where the eye mixes arrêta and arriva
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. arrêta and arriva follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: arrêta vs arriva
A purely visual mix-up. arrêta (\a.ʁɛ.ta\) and arriva (\a.ʁi.va\) 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 31703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrêta is recorded at frequency rank #20,359, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.ta\. arriva is at rank #11,344, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʁi.va\.
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 31703, this pair ranks #302,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrêta vs arriva
Shared letters: ar. Private to "arrêta": tê. Private to "arriva": iv.
"arrêta" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "arriva" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arriva ← arirva · ariva · arriav · arrivva · arrvia · rariva
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrêta" for "arriva" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "arrêta" or "arriva" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "arrêta" and "arriva" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arriva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrêta" and "arriva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arriva vs arrivage". 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 #302,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.