Which to use
“arrêtée” and “arrêtées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,680
- “arrêtée” frequency rank
- #15,091
- “arrêtées” frequency rank
- 21771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrêtée | arrêtées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de arrêté. | Féminin pluriel de arrêté. |
Same sound, different letters: arrêtée vs arrêtées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. arrêtée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against arrêtées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - arrêtée and arrêtées
This is the hard kind. arrêtée and arrêtées are pronounced identically (\a.ʁɛ.te\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “arrêtée” sits inside “arrêtées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrêtée is recorded at frequency rank #6,680, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.te\. arrêtées is at rank #15,091, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.te\.
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 21771, this pair ranks #361,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrêtée vs arrêtées
Shared letters: aertéê. Private to "arrêtée": -. Private to "arrêtées": s.
"arrêtée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "arrêtées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrêtée" and "arrêtées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "arrêtée" vs "arrêtées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "arrêtée" / "arrêtées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêtée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêtées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrêtée" and "arrêtées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrêtées vs arrosées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #361,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.