après

\a.pʁɛ\

/\a.pʁɛ\/ prep

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The verdict

“après” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #76. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#76
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marque la postériorité dans le temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apres · après · French

après · rank #76 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #76
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH quand

Nearest frequency peer: quand (-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 « après »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « après » 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).

après vs are
40% similar
après vs ars
60% similar
après vs APS
0% similar

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

Key facts for après
PropertyValue
Headwordaprès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\a.pʁɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#76
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « après »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aprèsse 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 « quand » (#75), « suis » (#77), « ces » (#74). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « après » est au #76. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around après (IPA \a.pʁɛ\), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #76 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for après, with forms such as "apprès", "apres", and "aprrès". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "are", "ars", "APS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is après, spelled A-P-R-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marque la postériorité dans le temps.
  2. 2
    Indique l’ordre, le rang immédiatement derrière.
  3. 3
    Indique un lieu placé derrière, plus loin.
  4. 4
    Indique la position où a lieu l’action.
  5. 5
    Indique sur quoi portent certaines actions ou intentions.
  6. 6
    en train de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Et après ? — lui dis-je. — Eh bien ! voilà — répondit-il, il n’y a pas d’après !
  2. Solange, après avoir lancé son ultimatum, s'était renfermée dans un silence inquiétant. Elle s'en tenait à ce qu'elle avait dit […].

Synonyms

par aprèspostérieurement àultérieurementsubséquemmentderrièreau-delà dederrièreplus loin quecontreenversvis-à-vis de

Antonyms

avant

This word in other languages

after(English)después(Español)nach(Deutsch)depois(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apprès
  • apres
  • aprrès
  • aprsè
  • aprèss
  • apèrs
  • arpès
  • parès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apprès1apres1aprrès1aprsè2aprèss1apèrs2arpès2parès2
Edit distance from "après"

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 "après"?
"après" is spelled A-P-R-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁɛ\.
What does "après" mean?
As a preposition, "après" means: Marque la postériorité dans le temps.
What words are commonly confused with "après"?
"après" is commonly confused with "are", "ars", "APS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "après"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "après" is \a.pʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "après" come from?
"après" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quand#75avoir#81aussi#69alors#86

Similar misspelling depth

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

encore8 variantstemps8 variantsautres8 variantscontre8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list