Which to use
“arrêtées” is an adjective and “arrêtent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,091
- “arrêtées” frequency rank
- #7,275
- “arrêtent” frequency rank
- 22366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrêtées | arrêtent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de arrêté. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arrêter. |
Where the eye mixes arrêtées and arrêtent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. arrêtées (VCCVCVVC) and arrêtent (VCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: arrêtées vs arrêtent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arrêtées is \a.ʁɛ.te\ while arrêtent is \a.ʁɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrêtées is recorded at frequency rank #15,091, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁɛ.te\. arrêtent is at rank #7,275, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʁɛt\.
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 22366, this pair ranks #358,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrêtées vs arrêtent
Shared letters: aertê. Private to "arrêtées": sé. Private to "arrêtent": n.
"arrêtées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "arrêtent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrêtées" for "arrêtent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrêtées" vs "arrêtent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêtées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêtent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrêtées" and "arrêtent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrêtées vs arrosées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #358,377 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.