Which to use
“appât” and “apps” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,239
- “appât” frequency rank
- #19,740
- “apps” frequency rank
- 40979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appât | apps |
|---|---|---|
| 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 app. |
Where the eye mixes appât and apps
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. appât runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against apps's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between appât and apps
A purely visual mix-up. appât (\a.pɑ\) and apps (\ˈæps\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40979, 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\. apps is at rank #19,740, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈæps\.
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 40979, this pair ranks #236,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appât vs apps
Shared letters: ap. Private to "appât": tâ. Private to "apps": s.
"appât" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "apps" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apps ← appss · apsp · paps
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appât" for "apps" ever safe?
Which is more common, "appât" or "apps"?
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 "appât" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appât" and "apps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apps vs aves". 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 #236,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.