Which to use
“arrivées” and “arrivés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,431
- “arrivées” frequency rank
- #3,735
- “arrivés” frequency rank
- 13166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivées | arrivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de arrivé. | Masculin pluriel de arrivé. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivées vs arrivés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. arrivées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against arrivés's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: arrivées vs arrivés
This is the hard kind. arrivées and arrivés 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivées is recorded at frequency rank #9,431, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁi.ve\. arrivés is at rank #3,735, 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 13166, this pair ranks #402,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivées vs arrivés
Shared letters: airsvé. Private to "arrivées": e. Private to "arrivés": -.
"arrivées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "arrivés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrivées" for "arrivés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrivées" vs "arrivés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"arrivées" and "arrivés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivées" and "arrivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrivées vs arrosées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #402,156 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.