Which to use
“arrivé” and “arrivées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #995
- “arrivé” frequency rank
- #9,431
- “arrivées” frequency rank
- 10426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivé | arrivées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est arrivé. | Féminin pluriel de arrivé. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivé vs arrivées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. arrivé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against arrivées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - arrivé and arrivées
This is the hard kind. arrivé and arrivées are pronounced identically (\a.ʁi.ve\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “arrivé” sits inside “arrivées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivé is recorded at frequency rank #995, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁi.ve\. arrivées is at rank #9,431, tagged as anadj, 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 10426, this pair ranks #413,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivé vs arrivées
Shared letters: airvé. Private to "arrivé": -. Private to "arrivées": es.
"arrivé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "arrivées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrivé" and "arrivées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "arrivé" or "arrivées"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "arrivé" / "arrivées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivé" and "arrivées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrivées vs arrosées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #413,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.