Which to use
“appât” and “appâts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,239
- “appât” frequency rank
- #46,579
- “appâts” frequency rank
- 67818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appât | appâts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pâture qu’on met soit à des pièges, pour attirer des quadrupèdes ou des oiseaux, soit à des hameçons, pour pêcher des poissons. | Pluriel de appât. |
Where the eye mixes appât and appâts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: appât vs appâts
A purely visual mix-up. appât (\a.pɑ\) and appâts (\a.pa\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “appât” sits inside “appâts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appât is recorded at frequency rank #21,239, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pɑ\. appâts is at rank #46,579, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pa\.
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 67818, this pair ranks #61,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of appât vs appâts
Shared letters: aptâ. Private to "appât": -. Private to "appâts": s.
"appât" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "appâts" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appât" for "appâts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appât" vs "appâts" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appât" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appâts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appât" and "appâts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplati vs appâts". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #61,781 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.