appâtsvsappsTell them apart

Which to use

“appâts” and “apps” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,579
“appâts” frequency rank
#19,740
“apps” frequency rank
66319
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature appâts apps
Definition Pluriel de appât. Pluriel de app.

Where the eye mixes appâts and apps

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. appâts runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against apps's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
appâts
4 ch
apps

Look-alike desk: appâts vs apps

A purely visual mix-up. appâts (\a.pa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

appâts is recorded at frequency rank #46,579, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pa\. 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 66319, this pair ranks #68,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of appâts vs apps

Shared letters: aps. Private to "appâts": tâ. Private to "apps": -.

"appâts" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "apps" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apps ← appss · apsp · paps

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "appâts" and "apps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.pa\ versus \ˈæps\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "appâts" or "apps"?
"apps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,740 in our French list, against #46,579 for "appâts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "appâts" and "apps" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "appâts" 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 #68,348 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "appâts" and "apps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplati vs appâts". 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 #68,348 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list