Which to use
“arrivées” is an adjective and “arrivez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,431
- “arrivées” frequency rank
- #11,913
- “arrivez” frequency rank
- 21344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivées | arrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de arrivé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivées vs arrivez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. arrivées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against arrivez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: arrivées vs arrivez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: arrivées 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 21344, 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\. 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 21344, this pair ranks #363,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivées vs arrivez
Shared letters: aeirv. Private to "arrivées": sé. Private to "arrivez": z.
"arrivées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "arrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrivez ← arirvez · arivez · arrievz · arrivezz · arrivvez · arrivze · arrviez · rarivez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrivées" for "arrivez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrivées" vs "arrivez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"arrivées" and "arrivez" 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 "arrivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivées" and "arrivez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrivées vs arrosées". 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 #363,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.