appuyer

\a.pɥi.je\

/\a.pɥi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“appuyer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,546
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Placer contre quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appuyer · appuyer · French

appuyer · rank #4,546 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,546
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agriculteurs

Nearest frequency peer: agriculteurs (-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 « appuyer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « appuyer » 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).

appuyer vs appuyés
71% similar
appuyer vs appuyez
86% similar
appuyer vs appuie
71% similar

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

Key facts for appuyer
PropertyValue
Headwordappuyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pɥi.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,546
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appuyer »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « agriculteurs » (#4,545), « armé » (#4,547), « actuels » (#4,544). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appuyer » est au #4,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around appuyer (IPA \a.pɥi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,546 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for appuyer, with forms such as "appueyr", "appuyerr", and "appuyre". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "appuyés", "appuyez", "appuie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is appuyer, spelled A-P-P-U-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Placer contre quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Soutenir ; motiver.
  3. 3
    Appliquer fortement l’éperon à un cheval.
  4. 4
    Demeurer plus ou moins longtemps sur une note.
  5. 5
    Pousser, exercer une pression sur quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Insister, faire comprendre par insistance.
  7. 7
    Prononcer un mot ou une syllabe avec une élévation de voix plus ou moins sensible.
  8. 8
    Accrocher une locomotive à une rame.
  9. 9
    Prendre appui sur quelque chose.
  10. 10
    Utiliser le soutien, l’autorité de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
  11. 11
    Consommer goulûment en quantité importante.
  12. 12
    Se farcir, subir.
  13. 13
    Donner, lancer.
  14. 14
    Prendre une direction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Appuyer l’échelle contre le mur.
  2. […], et il appuyait son discours de gestes très marqués, scandant ses phrases d’énergiques mouvements de main, de haut en bas, comme on en fait pour appuyer une admonestation.

Synonyms

accoteradosserpousserreposer

Antonyms

tirer

This word in other languages

put(English)apoyar(Español)anlegen(Deutsch)apoiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • appueyr
  • appuyerr
  • appuyre
  • appuyyer
  • appyuer
  • apupyer
  • apuyer
  • papuyer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appuyer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

appueyr2appuyerr1appuyre2appuyyer1appyuer2apupyer2apuyer1papuyer2
Edit distance from "appuyer"

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 "appuyer"?
"appuyer" is spelled A-P-P-U-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɥi.je\.
What does "appuyer" mean?
As a verb, "appuyer" means: Placer contre quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "appuyer"?
"appuyer" is commonly confused with "appuyés", "appuyez", "appuie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appuyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appuyer" is \a.pɥi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appuyer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

actuels#4,544évoluer#4,543viendra#4,537Toronto#4,532

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

épaule8 variantsultime8 variantsrêver8 variantsdécor8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list