Which to use
“appeal” is a noun and “append” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,143
- “appeal” frequency rank
- #44,616
- “append” frequency rank
- 46759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appeal | append |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. | To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended |
Where the eye mixes appeal and append
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between appeal and append
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appeal is /əˈpiːl/ while append is /ʌˈpɛnd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appeal is recorded at frequency rank #2,143, classified as anoun, pronounced /əˈpiːl/. append is at rank #44,616, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʌˈpɛnd/.
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 46759, this pair ranks #208,742 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appeal vs append
Shared letters: aep. Private to "appeal": l. Private to "append": dn.
"appeal" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "append" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "appeal" and "append" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appeal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "append" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,742 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appeal" and "append" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amped vs append". 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 #208,742 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.