Which to use
“appréciais” and “apprécions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,862
- “appréciais” frequency rank
- #34,867
- “apprécions” frequency rank
- 79729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appréciais | apprécions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe apprécier. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. |
Where the eye mixes appréciais and apprécions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appréciais (VCCCVCVVVC) and apprécions (VCCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses appréciais with apprécions
A purely visual mix-up. appréciais (\a.pʁe.sjɛ\) and apprécions (\a.pʁe.sjɔ̃\) 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 79729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appréciais is recorded at frequency rank #44,862, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sjɛ\. apprécions is at rank #34,867, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sjɔ̃\.
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 79729, this pair ranks #22,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of appréciais vs apprécions
Shared letters: aciprsé. Private to "appréciais": -. Private to "apprécions": no.
"appréciais" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "apprécions" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appréciais" and "apprécions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "appréciais" or "apprécions"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appréciais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appréciais" and "apprécions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciaient vs appréciais". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #22,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.