Which to use
“appliquées” is an adjective and “appliquez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,957
- “appliquées” frequency rank
- #37,657
- “appliquez” frequency rank
- 47614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appliquées | appliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de appliqué. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. |
Same sound, different letters: appliquées vs appliquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. appliquées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVVC) against appliquez's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - appliquées and appliquez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appliquées and appliquez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pli.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47614, 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\. appliquez is at rank #37,657, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pli.ke\.
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 47614, this pair ranks #185,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appliquées vs appliquez
Shared letters: aeilpqu. Private to "appliquées": sé. Private to "appliquez": z.
"appliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "appliquez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appliquez ← apliquez · aplpiquez · appilquez · appliqeuz · appliqquez · appliquezz · appliquze · appliuqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appliquées" and "appliquez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "appliquées" vs "appliquez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"appliquées" and "appliquez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appliquées" and "appliquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appliques vs appliquez". 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 #185,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.