Which to use
“apple” and “appui” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,657
- “apple” frequency rank
- #2,755
- “appui” frequency rank
- 5412
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apple | appui |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pomme, fruit du pommier (Malus domestica). | Ce qui sert à soutenir une chose ou une personne pour l’empêcher de tomber, de chanceler, etc. |
Where the eye mixes apple and appui
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between apple and appui
A purely visual mix-up. apple (\ˈæp.əl\) and appui (\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 5412, 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\. appui is at rank #2,755, 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 5412, this pair ranks #429,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apple vs appui
Shared letters: ap. Private to "apple": el. Private to "appui": iu.
"apple" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "appui" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apple" and "appui" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apple" vs "appui" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apple" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apple" and "appui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appui 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 #429,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.