Which to use
“appels” and “appuis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,122
- “appels” frequency rank
- #14,198
- “appuis” frequency rank
- 17320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appels | appuis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de appel. | Pluriel de appui. |
Where the eye mixes appels and appuis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. appels (VCCVCC) and appuis (VCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: appels vs appuis
A purely visual mix-up. appels (\a.pɛl\) and appuis (\a.pɥi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appels is recorded at frequency rank #3,122, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pɛl\. appuis is at rank #14,198, tagged as anoun, 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 17320, this pair ranks #383,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appels vs appuis
Shared letters: aps. Private to "appels": el. Private to "appuis": iu.
"appels" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "appuis" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appels" and "appuis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "appels" or "appuis"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "appels" and "appuis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appels" and "appuis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuis vs appuya". 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 #383,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.