Which to use
“artère” and “artères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,525
- “artère” frequency rank
- #14,414
- “artères” frequency rank
- 25939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | artère | artères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tube musculaire, élastique et contractile dans lequel le sang, projeté par les contractions du cœur, est porté dans tous les organes. | Pluriel de artère. |
Same sound, different letters: artère vs artères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. artère runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against artères's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - artère and artères
This is the hard kind. artère and artères are pronounced identically (\aʁ.tɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “artère” sits inside “artères”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
artère is recorded at frequency rank #11,525, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.tɛʁ\. artères is at rank #14,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.tɛʁ\.
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 25939, this pair ranks #337,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of artère vs artères
Shared letters: aertè. Private to "artère": -. Private to "artères": s.
"artère" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "artères" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "artère" vs "artères" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "artère" / "artères". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "artère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "artères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "artère" and "artères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "actée vs artère". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #337,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.