# appeared vs appease

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### appeared
*verb · IPA /əˈpɪɹd/ · frequency rank #1,551*
simple past and past participle of appear

### appease
*verb · IPA /əˈpiːz/ · frequency rank #22,290*
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/appeared-vs-appease