Which to use
“arrivants” is an adjective and “arrivons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,623
- “arrivants” frequency rank
- #14,413
- “arrivons” frequency rank
- 32036
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivants | arrivons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de arrivant. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Where the eye mixes arrivants and arrivons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arrivants runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCC) against arrivons's 8 (VCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arrivants vs arrivons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arrivants is \a.ʁi.vɑ̃\ while arrivons is \a.ʁi.vɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivants is recorded at frequency rank #17,623, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁi.vɑ̃\. arrivons is at rank #14,413, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʁi.vɔ̃\.
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 32036, this pair ranks #299,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrivants vs arrivons
Shared letters: ainrsv. Private to "arrivants": t. Private to "arrivons": o.
"arrivants" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC · "arrivons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrivants" and "arrivons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "arrivants" vs "arrivons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivants" and "arrivons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrivions vs arrivons". 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 #299,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.