Which to use
“appeller” is a verb and “appelles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,351
- “appeller” frequency rank
- #8,332
- “appelles” frequency rank
- 28683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appeller | appelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de appeler. | Pluriel de appelle. |
Letter map: appeller vs appelles
Shared letters muted; letters that set appeller and appelles apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Grammar separator: appeller vs appelles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: appeller is averb and appellesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “appeller” becomes s in “appelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appeller is recorded at frequency rank #20,351, classified as averb. appelles is at rank #8,332, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pɛl\.
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 28683, this pair ranks #321,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appeller vs appelles
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "appeller": r. Private to "appelles": s.
"appeller" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "appelles" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appeller" and "appelles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "appeller" vs "appelles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "appeller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appeller" and "appelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appeller vs appellerai". 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 #321,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.