Which to use
“arrivage” and “arrivée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,777
- “arrivage” frequency rank
- #840
- “arrivée” frequency rank
- 44617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivage | arrivée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abord, arrivée des navires dans un port. | Action d’arriver. |
Where the eye mixes arrivage and arrivée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. arrivage runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against arrivée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses arrivage with arrivée
A purely visual mix-up. arrivage (\a.ʁi.vaʒ\) and arrivée (\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 44617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivage is recorded at frequency rank #43,777, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ʁi.vaʒ\. arrivée is at rank #840, tagged as anoun, 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 44617, this pair ranks #209,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrivage vs arrivée
Shared letters: aeirv. Private to "arrivage": g. Private to "arrivée": é.
"arrivage" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "arrivée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrivage ← arirvage · arivage · arriavge · arrivaeg · arrivagge · arrivgae · arrivvage · arrviage
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrivage" and "arrivée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "arrivage" vs "arrivée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "arrivage" and "arrivée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivage" and "arrivée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Armitage 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 #209,100 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.