Which to use
“appliquent” and “appliquons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,497
- “appliquent” frequency rank
- #45,435
- “appliquons” frequency rank
- 53932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appliquent | appliquons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appliquer. |
Where the eye mixes appliquent and appliquons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appliquent and appliquons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between appliquent and appliquons
A purely visual mix-up. appliquent (\a.plik\) and appliquons (\a.pli.kɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53932, 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\. appliquons is at rank #45,435, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pli.kɔ̃\.
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 53932, this pair ranks #137,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appliquent vs appliquons
Shared letters: ailnpqu. Private to "appliquent": et. Private to "appliquons": os.
"appliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "appliquons" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appliquent ← apliquent · aplpiquent · appilquent · appliqeunt · appliqquent · appliquennt · appliquentt · appliquetn
- appliquons ← apliquons · aplpiquons · appilquons · appliqouns · appliqquons · appliqunos · appliquonns · appliquonss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appliquent" and "appliquons" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "appliquent" or "appliquons" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appliquons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appliquent" and "appliquons" 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 #137,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.