Which to use
“apparu” and “apparues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,365
- “apparu” frequency rank
- #20,920
- “apparues” frequency rank
- 27285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparu | apparues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin singulier du participe passé du verbe apparaître. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de apparaître (ou apparaitre). |
Same sound, different letters: apparu vs apparues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. apparu runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against apparues's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: apparu vs apparues
This is the hard kind. apparu and apparues are pronounced identically (\a.pa.ʁy\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “apparu” sits inside “apparues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparu is recorded at frequency rank #6,365, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁy\. apparues is at rank #20,920, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁy\.
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 27285, this pair ranks #329,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apparu vs apparues
Shared letters: apru. Private to "apparu": -. Private to "apparues": es.
"apparu" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "apparues" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apparu" for "apparues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "apparu" or "apparues"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apparues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparu" and "apparues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apparues vs apportes". 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 #329,961 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.