Which to use
“Artur” is a name and “artus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,983
- “Artur” frequency rank
- #40,127
- “artus” frequency rank
- 74110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Artur | artus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arthur. | Étroit, serré. |
Letter map: Artur vs artus
Shared letters muted; letters that set Artur and artus apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Artur and artus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: Artur vs artus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Artur is aname and artusanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “Artur” becomes s in “artus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Artur is recorded at frequency rank #33,983, classified as aname, pronounced \əɾˈtuɾ\. artus is at rank #40,127, tagged as anadj.
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 74110, this pair ranks #38,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Artur vs artus
Shared letters: artu. Private to "Artur": -. Private to "artus": s.
"Artur" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "artus" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Artur" and "artus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Artur" or "artus" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "Artur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "artus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,213 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Artur" and "artus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arti vs artus". 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 #38,213 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.