Which to use
“arrivés” is an adjective and “arrivez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,735
- “arrivés” frequency rank
- #11,913
- “arrivez” frequency rank
- 15648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrivés | arrivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de arrivé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe arriver. |
Same sound, different letters: arrivés vs arrivez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. arrivés and arrivez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: arrivés vs arrivez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: arrivés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrivés is recorded at frequency rank #3,735, 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 15648, this pair ranks #391,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrivés vs arrivez
Shared letters: airv. Private to "arrivés": sé. Private to "arrivez": ez.
"arrivés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "arrivez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrivez ← arirvez · arivez · arrievz · arrivezz · arrivvez · arrivze · arrviez · rarivez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrivés" for "arrivez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arrivés" vs "arrivez" - 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 "arrivés" 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 #391,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrivés" 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 #391,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.