Which to use
“apple” and “appli” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,657
- “apple” frequency rank
- #7,521
- “appli” frequency rank
- 10178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apple | appli |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pomme, fruit du pommier (Malus domestica). | Nom générique des objets qui servent à l’attelage des animaux de trait et de labourage, et à les attacher soit ensemble, soit dans les écuries, etc. |
Where the eye mixes apple and appli
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between apple and appli
A purely visual mix-up. apple (\ˈæp.əl\) and appli (\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 a single letter - e in “apple” becomes i in “appli”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apple is recorded at frequency rank #2,657, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈæp.əl\. appli is at rank #7,521, 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 10178, this pair ranks #413,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apple vs appli
Shared letters: alp. Private to "apple": e. Private to "appli": i.
"apple" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "appli" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apple" for "appli" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apple" vs "appli" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "apple" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apple" and "appli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adulé vs apple". 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 #413,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.