Which to use
“arrivée” is a noun and “arrivées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #840
- “arrivée” frequency rank
- #9,431
- “arrivées” frequency rank
- 10271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivée | arrivées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’arriver. | Féminin pluriel de arrivé. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivée vs arrivées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. arrivée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against arrivées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - arrivée / arrivées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: arrivée and arrivées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʁi.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “arrivée” sits inside “arrivées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivée is recorded at frequency rank #840, classified as anoun, 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 10271, this pair ranks #413,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivée vs arrivées
Shared letters: aeirvé. Private to "arrivée": -. Private to "arrivées": s.
"arrivée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "arrivées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arrivée" and "arrivées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "arrivée" vs "arrivées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivée" 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 #413,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivée" and "arrivées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrivées vs arrosées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #413,615 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.