Which to use
“amphi” and “appui” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,688
- “amphi” frequency rank
- #2,755
- “appui” frequency rank
- 30443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amphi | appui |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amphithéâtre, dans l’enseignement supérieur. Salle de cours magistral. | Ce qui sert à soutenir une chose ou une personne pour l’empêcher de tomber, de chanceler, etc. |
Where the eye mixes amphi and appui
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses amphi with appui
A purely visual mix-up. amphi (\ɑ̃.fi\) and appui (\a.pɥi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amphi is recorded at frequency rank #27,688, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.fi\. appui is at rank #2,755, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pɥi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30443, this pair ranks #310,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of amphi vs appui
Shared letters: aip. Private to "amphi": hm. Private to "appui": u.
"amphi" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "appui" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "amphi" and "appui" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "amphi" vs "appui" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "amphi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amphi" and "appui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amphi vs ampli". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #310,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.