Which to use
“artères” is a noun and “autres” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,414
- “artères” frequency rank
- #91
- “autres” frequency rank
- 14505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | artères | autres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de artère. | Pluriel de autre. |
Where the eye mixes artères and autres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. artères runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against autres's 6 (VVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: artères vs autres
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: artères is \aʁ.tɛʁ\ while autres is \otʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
artères is recorded at frequency rank #14,414, classified as anoun, pronounced \aʁ.tɛʁ\. autres is at rank #91, tagged as anadj, pronounced \otʁ\.
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 14505, this pair ranks #396,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of artères vs autres
Shared letters: aerst. Private to "artères": è. Private to "autres": u.
"artères" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "autres" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autres ← atures · aurtes · auters · autress · autrres · autrse · auttres · uatres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "artères" and "autres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "artères" or "autres"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "artères" and "autres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "artères" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "artères" and "autres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Artémis vs artères". 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 #396,366 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.