Which to use
“arriva” and “arrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,344
- “arriva” frequency rank
- #11,913
- “arrivez” frequency rank
- 23257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arriva | arrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe arriver. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Where the eye mixes arriva and arrivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. arriva runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against arrivez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arriva vs arrivez
A purely visual mix-up. arriva (\a.ʁi.va\) and arrivez (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arriva is recorded at frequency rank #11,344, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʁi.va\. arrivez is at rank #11,913, tagged as averb, 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 23257, this pair ranks #353,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arriva vs arrivez
Shared letters: airv. Private to "arriva": -. Private to "arrivez": ez.
"arriva" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "arrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arriva" and "arrivez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "arriva" vs "arrivez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "arriva" and "arrivez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arriva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arriva" and "arrivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arriva vs arrivage". 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 #353,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.