Which to use
“apprécie” and “apprécies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,893
- “apprécie” frequency rank
- #30,469
- “apprécies” frequency rank
- 34362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apprécie | apprécies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. |
Same sound, different letters: apprécie vs apprécies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. apprécie runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against apprécies's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - apprécie / apprécies
This is the hard kind. apprécie and apprécies are pronounced identically (\a.pʁe.si\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “apprécie” sits inside “apprécies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34362, 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\. apprécies is at rank #30,469, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.si\.
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 34362, this pair ranks #284,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apprécie vs apprécies
Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "apprécie": -. Private to "apprécies": s.
"apprécie" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "apprécies" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apprécie" and "apprécies" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "apprécie" or "apprécies" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apprécie" and "apprécies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécies". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #284,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.