Which to use
“appréciée” and “appréciées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,320
- “appréciée” frequency rank
- #25,203
- “appréciées” frequency rank
- 38523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appréciée | appréciées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe apprécier. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe apprécier. |
Same sound, different letters: appréciée vs appréciées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. appréciée runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVV) against appréciées's 10 (VCCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - appréciée / appréciées
This is the hard kind. appréciée and appréciées are pronounced identically (\a.pʁe.sje\) 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) - “appréciée” sits inside “appréciées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appréciée is recorded at frequency rank #13,320, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sje\. 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 38523, this pair ranks #254,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appréciée vs appréciées
Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "appréciée": -. Private to "appréciées": s.
"appréciée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV · "appréciées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appréciée" and "appréciées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "appréciée" or "appréciées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "appréciée" / "appréciées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "appréciée" 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 #254,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appréciée" and "appréciées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciées vs apprécierez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #254,685 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.