Which to use
“appelés” is a noun and “appuies” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,307
- “appelés” frequency rank
- #34,868
- “appuies” frequency rank
- 39175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appelés | appuies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de appelé. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. |
Where the eye mixes appelés and appuies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appelés (VCCVCVC) and appuies (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: appelés vs appuies
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appelés is \a.pə.le\ while appuies is \a.pɥi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39175, 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\. appuies is at rank #34,868, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi\.
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 39175, this pair ranks #249,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appelés vs appuies
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "appelés": lé. Private to "appuies": iu.
"appelés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "appuies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appuies ← appiues · appueis · appuiess · appuise · apuies · apupies · papuies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appelés" and "appuies" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "appelés" or "appuies"?
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 "appuies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appelés" and "appuies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuiera 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 #249,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.