Which to use
“arrêtées” and “arrivées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,091
- “arrêtées” frequency rank
- #9,431
- “arrivées” frequency rank
- 24522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrêtées | arrivées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de arrêté. | Féminin pluriel de arrivé. |
Where the eye mixes arrêtées and arrivées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. arrêtées and arrivées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between arrêtées and arrivées
A purely visual mix-up. arrêtées (\a.ʁɛ.te\) and arrivées (\a.ʁi.ve\) 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 24522, 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\. arrivées is at rank #9,431, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁi.ve\.
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 24522, this pair ranks #346,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrêtées vs arrivées
Shared letters: aersé. Private to "arrêtées": tê. Private to "arrivées": iv.
"arrêtées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "arrivées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arrêtées" and "arrivées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "arrêtées" vs "arrivées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "arrêtées" and "arrivées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrêtées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,139 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrêtées" and "arrivées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrêtées vs arrosées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #346,139 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.