Which to use
“arrêtée” is an adjective and “arrêts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,680
- “arrêtée” frequency rank
- #5,631
- “arrêts” frequency rank
- 12311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrêtée | arrêts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de arrêté. | Défense qui est faite à un officier de sortir de chez lui, ou de s’éloigner d’un lieu déterminé. |
Where the eye mixes arrêtée and arrêts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. arrêtée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against arrêts's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between arrêtée and arrêts
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arrêtée is \a.ʁɛ.te\ while arrêts is \a.ʁɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12311, 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\. arrêts is at rank #5,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁɛ\.
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 12311, this pair ranks #405,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrêtée vs arrêts
Shared letters: artê. Private to "arrêtée": eé. Private to "arrêts": s.
"arrêtée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "arrêts" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrêtée" and "arrêts" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "arrêtée" or "arrêts" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "arrêtée" and "arrêts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêtée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,782 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrêtée" and "arrêts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrêts vs aryens". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #405,782 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.