Which to use
“arrivais” and “arriverais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,907
- “arrivais” frequency rank
- #24,105
- “arriverais” frequency rank
- 37012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivais | arriverais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe arriver. | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent du verbe arriver. |
Where the eye mixes arrivais and arriverais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. arrivais runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against arriverais's 10 (VCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses arrivais with arriverais
A purely visual mix-up. arrivais (\a.ʁi.vɛ\) and arriverais (\a.ʁi.və.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivais is recorded at frequency rank #12,907, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʁi.vɛ\. arriverais is at rank #24,105, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʁi.və.ʁɛ\.
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 37012, this pair ranks #265,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrivais vs arriverais
Shared letters: airsv. Private to "arrivais": -. Private to "arriverais": e.
"arrivais" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "arriverais" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrivais ← arirvais · arivais · arriavis · arrivaiss · arrivasi · arrivias · arrivvais · arrviais
- arriverais ← arirverais · ariverais · arrievrais · arrivearis · arriveraiss · arriverasi · arriverias · arriverrais
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrivais" for "arriverais" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "arrivais" or "arriverais" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "arrivais" and "arriverais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arriverais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivais" and "arriverais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrêterais vs arriverais". 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 #265,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.