Which to use
“appli” and “applis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,521
- “appli” frequency rank
- #17,871
- “applis” frequency rank
- 25392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appli | applis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de appli. |
Same sound, different letters: appli vs applis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - appli / applis
This is the hard kind. appli and applis are pronounced identically (\a.pli\) 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) - “appli” sits inside “applis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appli is recorded at frequency rank #7,521, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pli\. applis is at rank #17,871, 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 25392, this pair ranks #341,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appli vs applis
Shared letters: ailp. Private to "appli": -. Private to "applis": s.
"appli" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "applis" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appli" and "applis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "appli" vs "applis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"appli" and "applis" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "appli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "applis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appli" and "applis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appâts vs applis". 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 #341,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.