appelervsappelésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: appeler is a verb, appelés is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“appeler” is a verb and “appelés” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,467
“appeler” frequency rank
#4,307
“appelés” frequency rank
5774
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature appeler appelés
Definition Désigner quelqu’un par son nom ; pourvoir quelqu’un d’un nom. Pluriel de appelé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set appeler and appelés apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
appeler
7 ch
appelés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appeler and appelés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pə.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

appeler is recorded at frequency rank #1,467, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pə.le\. appelés is at rank #4,307, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pə.le\.

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 5774, this pair ranks #428,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of appeler vs appelés

Shared letters: aelp. Private to "appeler": r. Private to "appelés": .

"appeler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "appelés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • appelerapeler · apepler · appeelr · appelerr · appelre · appleer · papeler

Frequency comparison

appeler#1,467
appelés#4,307

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "appeler" and "appelés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "appeler" is a verb and "appelés" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "appeler" or "appelés"?
"appeler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,467 in our French list, against #4,307 for "appelés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering appeler vs appelés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “appeler”; for a noun, it's “appelés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “appeler” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list