Which to use
“appliquées” is an adjective and “appliques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,957
- “appliquées” frequency rank
- #37,173
- “appliques” frequency rank
- 47130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appliquées | appliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de appliqué. | Pluriel de applique. |
Where the eye mixes appliquées and appliques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. appliquées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVVC) against appliques's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appliquées vs appliques
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appliquées is \a.pli.ke\ while appliques is \a.plik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appliquées is recorded at frequency rank #9,957, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.pli.ke\. appliques is at rank #37,173, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.plik\.
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 47130, this pair ranks #189,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appliquées vs appliques
Shared letters: aeilpqsu. Private to "appliquées": é. Private to "appliques": -.
"appliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "appliques" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appliques ← apliques · aplpiques · appilques · appliqeus · appliqques · appliquess · appliquse · appliuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appliquées" and "appliques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "appliquées" vs "appliques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appliques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appliquées" and "appliques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appliques vs appliquons". 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 #189,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.