Which to use
“arrivé” is an adjective and “arrivez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #995
- “arrivé” frequency rank
- #11,913
- “arrivez” frequency rank
- 12908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivé | arrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est arrivé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivé vs arrivez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: arrivé vs arrivez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: arrivé and arrivez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʁi.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12908, 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\. 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 12908, this pair ranks #403,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivé vs arrivez
Shared letters: airv. Private to "arrivé": é. Private to "arrivez": ez.
"arrivé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "arrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrivez ← arirvez · arivez · arrievz · arrivezz · arrivvez · arrivze · arrviez · rarivez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrivé" for "arrivez" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivé" 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 #403,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivé" and "arrivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arriverez vs arrivez". 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 #403,247 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.