Which to use
“arrose” and “arroser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,488
- “arrose” frequency rank
- #17,873
- “arroser” frequency rank
- 40361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrose | arroser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe arroser. | Humecter, mouiller quelque chose en versant de l’eau dessus, ou quelque autre liquide. |
Where the eye mixes arrose and arroser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. arrose runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against arroser's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between arrose and arroser
A purely visual mix-up. arrose (\a.ʁoz\) and arroser (\a.ʁo.ze\) 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 extra letter(s) - “arrose” sits inside “arroser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrose is recorded at frequency rank #22,488, classified as averb, pronounced \a.ʁoz\. arroser is at rank #17,873, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ʁo.ze\.
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 40361, this pair ranks #241,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of arrose vs arroser
Shared letters: aeors. Private to "arrose": -. Private to "arroser": -.
"arrose" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "arroser" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrose" for "arroser" ever safe?
Which is more common, "arrose" or "arroser"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arroser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrose" and "arroser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrose vs arthrose". 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 #241,099 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.