appuyant

\a.pɥi.jɑ̃\

/\a.pɥi.jɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“appuyant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,653
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe appuyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appuyant · appuyant · French

appuyant · rank #7,653 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,653
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appelez

Nearest frequency peer: appelez (-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 « appuyant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « appuyant » 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).

appuyant vs appuya
75% similar
appuyant vs appelant
75% similar
appuyant vs appuient
75% similar

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

Key facts for appuyant
PropertyValue
Headwordappuyant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pɥi.jɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,653
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appuyant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.appuyantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « appelez » (#7,652), « attraction » (#7,655), « annoncée » (#7,650). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appuyant » est au #7,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around appuyant (IPA \a.pɥi.jɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,653 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent du verbe appuyer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for appuyant, with forms such as "appuaynt", "appuyannt", and "appuyantt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "appuya", "appelant", "appuient", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is appuyant, spelled A-P-P-U-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent du verbe appuyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et sa voix alors prenait une intonation dolente et uniforme, enflant les mots, appuyant indéfiniment sur les syllabes.
  2. Goffe, qui avait vu la scène de son établi, lui apporta un verre de bière pour le ravigourer ; et à la fin, très lentement, s’appuyant sur ses poignets, il se redressa, les jambes et les bras meurtris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • appuaynt
  • appuyannt
  • appuyantt
  • appuyatn
  • appuynat
  • appuyyant
  • appyuant
  • apupyant
  • apuyant
  • papuyant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appuyant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

appuaynt2appuyannt1appuyantt1appuyatn2appuynat2appuyyant1appyuant2apupyant2
Edit distance from "appuyant"

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 "appuyant"?
"appuyant" is spelled A-P-P-U-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɥi.jɑ̃\.
What does "appuyant" mean?
As a verb, "appuyant" means: Participe présent du verbe appuyer.
What words are commonly confused with "appuyant"?
"appuyant" is commonly confused with "appuya", "appelant", "appuient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appuyant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appuyant" is \a.pɥi.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appuyant" come from?
"appuyant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list