Which to use
“appeared” and “appease” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,551
- “appeared” frequency rank
- #22,290
- “appease” frequency rank
- 23841
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appeared | appease |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of appear | To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred). |
Where the eye mixes appeared and appease
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: appeared vs appease
A purely visual mix-up. appeared (/əˈpɪɹd/) and appease (/əˈpiːz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appeared is recorded at frequency rank #1,551, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈpɪɹd/. appease is at rank #22,290, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈpiːz/.
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 23841, this pair ranks #406,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appeared vs appease
Shared letters: aep. Private to "appeared": dr. Private to "appease": s.
"appeared" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "appease" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appeared" for "appease" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appeared" vs "appease" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "appeared" and "appease" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appeared" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appease" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appeared" and "appease" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appease vs applause". 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 #406,333 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.