ArtisvsArturTell them apart

Which to use

“Artis” and “Artur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,923
“Artis” frequency rank
#33,983
“Artur” frequency rank
82906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Artis Artur
Definition Prénom masculin. Arthur.

Letter map: Artis vs Artur

Shared letters muted; letters that set Artis and Artur apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Artis and Artur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Artis
5 ch
Artur

Spelling & dictionary notes on Artis vs Artur

Artis and Artur are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Artis is recorded at frequency rank #48,923, classified as aname. Artur is at rank #33,983, tagged as aname, pronounced \əɾˈtuɾ\.

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 82906, this pair ranks #15,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Artis vs Artur

Shared letters: art. Private to "Artis": is. Private to "Artur": u.

"Artis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Artur" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Artisarits · arrtis · artiss · artsi · arttis · atris · ratis
  • Arturarrtur · artru · arttur · arturr · arutr · atrur · ratur

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Artis" for "Artur" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Artis" vs "Artur" - which ranks higher?
"Artur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,983 in our French list, against #48,923 for "Artis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Artis" vs "Artur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Artis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Artur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Artis" and "Artur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arti vs Artis". 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 #15,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list