Which to use
“apprécie” and “appréciez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,893
- “apprécie” frequency rank
- #22,168
- “appréciez” frequency rank
- 26061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apprécie | appréciez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. |
Where the eye mixes apprécie and appréciez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apprécie runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against appréciez's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between apprécie and appréciez
A purely visual mix-up. apprécie (\a.pʁe.si\) and appréciez (\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 1 extra letter(s) - “apprécie” sits inside “appréciez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26061, 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\. appréciez is at rank #22,168, 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 26061, this pair ranks #337,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apprécie vs appréciez
Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "apprécie": -. Private to "appréciez": z.
"apprécie" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "appréciez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appréciez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apprécie" and "appréciez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apprécierez vs appréciez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #337,343 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.