Which to use
“appelés” and “applis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,307
- “appelés” frequency rank
- #17,871
- “applis” frequency rank
- 22178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appelés | applis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de appelé. | Pluriel de appli. |
Where the eye mixes appelés and applis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appelés runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against applis's 6 (VCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appelés vs applis
A purely visual mix-up. appelés (\a.pə.le\) and applis (\a.pli\) 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 22178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appelés is recorded at frequency rank #4,307, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pə.le\. applis is at rank #17,871, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pli\.
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 22178, this pair ranks #359,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appelés vs applis
Shared letters: alps. Private to "appelés": eé. Private to "applis": i.
"appelés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "applis" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- applis ← aplis · aplpis · appils · appliss · appllis · applsi · paplis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appelés" and "applis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "appelés" or "applis" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appelés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "applis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appelés" and "applis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appâts vs applis". 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 #359,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.