Which to use
“arrimage” and “arrivage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,869
- “arrimage” frequency rank
- #43,777
- “arrivage” frequency rank
- 88646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrimage | arrivage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’arrimer ou résultat de cette action, qui consiste à arranger convenablement et placer avec solidité à l’intérieur d’un bâtiment les divers objets qui composent sa charge, sa cargaison. | Abord, arrivée des navires dans un port. |
Where the eye mixes arrimage and arrivage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arrimage and arrivage follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses arrimage with arrivage
A purely visual mix-up. arrimage (\a.ʁi.maʒ\) and arrivage (\a.ʁi.vaʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - m in “arrimage” becomes v in “arrivage”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrimage is recorded at frequency rank #44,869, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁi.maʒ\. arrivage is at rank #43,777, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁi.vaʒ\.
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 88646, this pair ranks #6,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrimage vs arrivage
Shared letters: aegir. Private to "arrimage": m. Private to "arrivage": v.
"arrimage" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "arrivage" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrimage" and "arrivage" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "arrimage" or "arrivage" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "arrimage" and "arrivage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrimage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrimage" and "arrivage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Armitage vs arrimage". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #6,723 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.