Which to use
“appliquent” and “appliquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,497
- “appliquent” frequency rank
- #37,657
- “appliquez” frequency rank
- 46154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appliquent | appliquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. |
Where the eye mixes appliquent and appliquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appliquent runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVCC) against appliquez's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appliquent vs appliquez
A purely visual mix-up. appliquent (\a.plik\) and appliquez (\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 46154, 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\. 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 46154, this pair ranks #197,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appliquent vs appliquez
Shared letters: aeilpqu. Private to "appliquent": nt. Private to "appliquez": z.
"appliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "appliquez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appliquent ← apliquent · aplpiquent · appilquent · appliqeunt · appliqquent · appliquennt · appliquentt · appliquetn
- appliquez ← apliquez · aplpiquez · appilquez · appliqeuz · appliqquez · appliquezz · appliquze · appliuqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appliquent" for "appliquez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "appliquent" or "appliquez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "appliquent" and "appliquez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquent" 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 #197,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appliquent" 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 #197,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.