Which to use
“appétit” and “appétits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,463
- “appétit” frequency rank
- #37,659
- “appétits” frequency rank
- 44122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appétit | appétits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Désir sélectif pour combler une sensation de faim, en parlant de l’alimentation. | Ciboulette, cive. |
Same sound, different letters: appétit vs appétits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - appétit / appétits
This is the hard kind. appétit and appétits are pronounced identically (\a.pe.ti\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “appétit” sits inside “appétits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appétit is recorded at frequency rank #6,463, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pe.ti\. appétits is at rank #37,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pe.ti\.
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 44122, this pair ranks #212,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appétit vs appétits
Shared letters: aipté. Private to "appétit": -. Private to "appétits": s.
"appétit" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "appétits" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
"appétit" and "appétits" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "appétit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appétits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appétit" and "appétits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appétit vs apprêtait". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #212,884 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.