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. |
Same sound, different letters: appeler vs appelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. appeler and appelés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - appeler / appelés
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": sé.
"appeler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "appelés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appeler ← apeler · apepler · appeelr · appelerr · appelre · appleer · papeler
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appeler" and "appelés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "appeler" or "appelés"?
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 "appeler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appelés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appeler" and "appelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appelés vs appuies". 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 #428,100 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.