Which to use
“appeler” and “appelez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,467
- “appeler” frequency rank
- #7,652
- “appelez” frequency rank
- 9119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appeler | appelez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Désigner quelqu’un par son nom ; pourvoir quelqu’un d’un nom. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appeler. |
Where the eye mixes appeler and appelez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses appeler with appelez
A purely visual mix-up. appeler (\a.pə.le\) and appelez (\a.ple\) 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 a single letter - r in “appeler” becomes z in “appelez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9119, 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\. appelez is at rank #7,652, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.ple\.
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 9119, this pair ranks #417,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appeler vs appelez
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "appeler": r. Private to "appelez": z.
"appeler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "appelez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appeler" and "appelez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "appeler" or "appelez"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appeler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appelez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appeler" and "appelez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appeler vs atteler". 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 #417,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.