Which to use
“arriéré” and “arriérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,661
- “arriéré” frequency rank
- #25,208
- “arriérés” frequency rank
- 62869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arriéré | arriérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en retard. | Masculin pluriel de arriéré. |
Same sound, different letters: arriéré vs arriérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. arriéré runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against arriérés's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: arriéré vs arriérés
This is the hard kind. arriéré and arriérés are pronounced identically (\a.ʁje.ʁe\) 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) - “arriéré” sits inside “arriérés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arriéré is recorded at frequency rank #37,661, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁje.ʁe\. arriérés is at rank #25,208, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁje.ʁe\.
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 62869, this pair ranks #84,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arriéré vs arriérés
Shared letters: airé. Private to "arriéré": -. Private to "arriérés": s.
"arriéré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "arriérés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arriéré" for "arriérés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "arriéré" or "arriérés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "arriéré" / "arriérés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "arriéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arriérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arriéré" and "arriérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arriéré vs arriverez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.