Which to use
“arrosée” and “arrosées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,698
- “arrosée” frequency rank
- #44,307
- “arrosées” frequency rank
- 72005
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrosée | arrosées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de arrosé. | Féminin pluriel de arrosé. |
Same sound, different letters: arrosée vs arrosées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. arrosée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against arrosées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - arrosée / arrosées
This is the hard kind. arrosée and arrosées are pronounced identically (\a.ʁo.ze\) 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 extra letter(s) - “arrosée” sits inside “arrosées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrosée is recorded at frequency rank #27,698, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁo.ze\. arrosées is at rank #44,307, tagged as anadj, 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 72005, this pair ranks #45,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrosée vs arrosées
Shared letters: aeorsé. Private to "arrosée": -. Private to "arrosées": -.
"arrosée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "arrosées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "arrosée" and "arrosées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "arrosée" or "arrosées" show up more?
What to do next
"arrosée" and "arrosées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrosée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrosées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrosée" and "arrosées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrogée vs arrosée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #45,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.