appelons

\a.pə.lɔ̃\

/\a.pə.lɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“appelons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,100
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appeler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appelons · appelons · French

appelons · rank #12,100 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,100
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apologie

Nearest frequency peer: apologie (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « appelons »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « appelons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

appelons vs appels
75% similar
appelons vs apprenons
78% similar
appelons vs appelés
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for appelons
PropertyValue
Headwordappelons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pə.lɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,100
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appelons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).appelonsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apologie » (#12,099), « apports » (#12,101), « anticiper » (#12,098). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appelons » est au #12,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around appelons (IPA \a.pə.lɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,100 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for appelons, with forms such as "apelons", "apeplons", and "appellons". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "appels", "apprenons", "appelés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is appelons, spelled A-P-P-E-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appeler.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe appeler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how appelons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nous appelons château le monument situé sur le tènement du Lébous, dans la commune de Saint-Mathieu de Tréviers pour la simple raison qu’il a, sur plan, exactement la forme d’une forteresse moyennageuse.
  2. Alors quand l’un de nous peut devenir un maître plutôt qu’un gueux, quand il se trouve un morceau de pouvoir, il n’hésite pas. Faible avec les forts et fort avec les faibles. Nous appelons ça des crevards mais ce sont tout simplement des hommes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apelons
  • apeplons
  • appellons
  • appelnos
  • appelonns
  • appelonss
  • appelosn
  • appeolns
  • appleons
  • papelons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appelons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apelons1apeplons2appellons1appelnos2appelonns1appelonss1appelosn2appeolns2
Edit distance from "appelons"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "appelons"?
"appelons" is spelled A-P-P-E-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pə.lɔ̃\.
What does "appelons" mean?
As a verb, "appelons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appeler.
What words are commonly confused with "appelons"?
"appelons" is commonly confused with "appels", "apprenons", "appelés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appelons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appelons" is \a.pə.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appelons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "appelons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apologie#12,099arrêtera#12,103attaquée#12,105attirent#12,106

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Accessoire10 variantsvecteur10 variantsbâtons10 variantscascade10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list