artusvsatosTell them apart

Quick tell: artus is a adjective, atos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“artus” is an adjective and “atos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,127
“artus” frequency rank
#47,734
“atos” frequency rank
87861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature artus atos
Definition Étroit, serré. Limite, borne.

Letter map: artus vs atos

Shared letters muted; letters that set artus and atos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. artus runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against atos's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
artus
4 ch
atos

Grammar separator: artus vs atos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: artus is anadjective and atosanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

artus is recorded at frequency rank #40,127, classified as anadj. atos is at rank #47,734, tagged as anoun.

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 87861, this pair ranks #7,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of artus vs atos

Shared letters: ast. Private to "artus": ru. Private to "atos": o.

"artus" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "atos" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • artus ← arrtus · artsu · arttus · artuss · aruts · atrus · ratus
  • atos ← aots · atoss · atso · attos · taos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "artus" and "atos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "artus" is an adjective and "atos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "artus" vs "atos" - which ranks higher?
"artus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,127 in our French list, against #47,734 for "atos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "artus" and "atos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "artus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "artus" and "atos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atos vs aves". 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 #7,703 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