Which to use
“appliquent” is a verb and “appliques” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,497
- “appliquent” frequency rank
- #37,173
- “appliques” frequency rank
- 45670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appliquent | appliques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. | Pluriel de applique. |
Same sound, different letters: appliquent vs appliques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. appliquent runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVCC) against appliques's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - appliquent / appliques
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appliquent and appliques carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.plik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, 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 45670, 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\. 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 45670, this pair ranks #200,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appliquent vs appliques
Shared letters: aeilpqu. Private to "appliquent": nt. Private to "appliques": s.
"appliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "appliques" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appliquent ← apliquent · aplpiquent · appilquent · appliqeunt · appliqquent · appliquennt · appliquentt · appliquetn
- appliques ← apliques · aplpiques · appilques · appliqeus · appliqques · appliquess · appliquse · appliuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appliquent" and "appliques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "appliquent" or "appliques"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "appliquent" / "appliques". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquent" 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 #200,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appliquent" 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 #200,951 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.