Which to use
“appliquent” and “appliquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,497
- “appliquent” frequency rank
- #2,702
- “appliquer” frequency rank
- 11199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appliquent | appliquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. | Mettre une chose sur une autre, soit pour qu’elle y demeure adhérente, soit pour qu’elle y laisse une empreinte, soit simplement pour qu’elle y touche. |
Where the eye mixes appliquent and appliquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appliquent runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVCC) against appliquer's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appliquent vs appliquer
A purely visual mix-up. appliquent (\a.plik\) and appliquer (\a.pli.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appliquent is recorded at frequency rank #8,497, classified as averb, pronounced \a.plik\. appliquer is at rank #2,702, 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 11199, this pair ranks #410,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appliquent vs appliquer
Shared letters: aeilpqu. Private to "appliquent": nt. Private to "appliquer": r.
"appliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "appliquer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appliquent ← apliquent · aplpiquent · appilquent · appliqeunt · appliqquent · appliquennt · appliquentt · appliquetn
- appliquer ← apliquer · aplpiquer · appilquer · appliqeur · appliqquer · appliquerr · appliqure · appliuqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appliquent" and "appliquer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "appliquent" or "appliquer"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appliquent" and "appliquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appliquent vs appliqueront". 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 #410,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.