Which to use
“arrivée” is a noun and “arriver” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #840
- “arrivée” frequency rank
- #839
- “arriver” frequency rank
- 1679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivée | arriver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’arriver. | Parvenir à destination. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivée vs arriver
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - arrivée and arriver
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: arrivée and arriver carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʁi.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1679, 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\. arriver is at rank #839, 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 1679, this pair ranks #437,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivée vs arriver
Shared letters: aeirv. Private to "arrivée": é. Private to "arriver": -.
"arrivée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "arriver" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arriver ← arirver · ariver · arrievr · arriverr · arrivre · arrivver · arrvier · rariver
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arrivée" and "arriver" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "arrivée" or "arriver"?
After this comparison
"arrivée" and "arriver" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arriver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivée" and "arriver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrivage vs arrivée". 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 #437,588 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.