Which to use
“apparaît” and “apparaitre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,257
- “apparaît” frequency rank
- #23,760
- “apparaitre” frequency rank
- 26017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparaît | apparaitre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apparaître. | Devenir visible, se manifester. |
Where the eye mixes apparaît and apparaitre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. apparaît runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against apparaitre's 10 (VCCVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apparaît vs apparaitre
A purely visual mix-up. apparaît (\a.pa.ʁɛ\) and apparaitre (\a.pa.ʁɛtʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparaît is recorded at frequency rank #2,257, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁɛ\. apparaitre is at rank #23,760, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁɛtʁ\.
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 26017, this pair ranks #337,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apparaît vs apparaitre
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apparaît": î. Private to "apparaitre": ei.
"apparaît" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "apparaitre" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- apparaitre ← apapraitre · aparaitre · appaaritre · apparairte · apparaiter · apparaitrre · apparaittre · apparatire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apparaît" for "apparaitre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "apparaît" or "apparaitre" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "apparaît" and "apparaitre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparaît" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apparaitre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparaît" and "apparaitre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apparaîtra vs apparaitre". 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 #337,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.