Which to use
“arrivent” and “arrivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,066
- “arrivent” frequency rank
- #11,913
- “arrivez” frequency rank
- 13979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivent | arrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Where the eye mixes arrivent and arrivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses arrivent with arrivez
A purely visual mix-up. arrivent (\a.ʁiv\) and arrivez (\a.ʁi.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivent is recorded at frequency rank #2,066, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʁiv\. 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 13979, this pair ranks #398,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivent vs arrivez
Shared letters: aeirv. Private to "arrivent": nt. Private to "arrivez": z.
"arrivent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "arrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arrivent" and "arrivez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "arrivent" vs "arrivez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrivent" 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 #398,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivent" 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 #398,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.