Which to use
“apprécie” and “appréciées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,893
- “apprécie” frequency rank
- #25,203
- “appréciées” frequency rank
- 29096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apprécie | appréciées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe apprécier. |
Where the eye mixes apprécie and appréciées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apprécie runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against appréciées's 10 (VCCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apprécie vs appréciées
A purely visual mix-up. apprécie (\a.pʁe.si\) and appréciées (\a.pʁe.sje\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apprécie is recorded at frequency rank #3,893, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.si\. appréciées is at rank #25,203, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sje\.
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 29096, this pair ranks #318,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apprécie vs appréciées
Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "apprécie": -. Private to "appréciées": s.
"apprécie" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "appréciées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apprécie" and "appréciées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apprécie" or "appréciées"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "apprécie" and "appréciées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appréciées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apprécie" and "appréciées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciées vs apprécierez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #318,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.