Which to use
“arrosées” is an adjective and “arroser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,307
- “arrosées” frequency rank
- #17,873
- “arroser” frequency rank
- 62180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrosées | arroser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de arrosé. | Humecter, mouiller quelque chose en versant de l’eau dessus, ou quelque autre liquide. |
Same sound, different letters: arrosées vs arroser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. arrosées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against arroser's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: arrosées vs arroser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: arrosées and arroser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.ʁo.ze\. 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 62180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrosées is recorded at frequency rank #44,307, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.ʁo.ze\. 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 62180, this pair ranks #88,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrosées vs arroser
Shared letters: aeors. Private to "arrosées": é. Private to "arroser": -.
"arrosées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "arroser" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arroser ← arorser · aroser · arroesr · arroserr · arrosre · arrosser · arrsoer · raroser
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"arrosées" and "arroser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrosées" 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 #88,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrosées" and "arroser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrosée 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 #88,444 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.