Which to use
“appréciée” and “apprécies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,320
- “appréciée” frequency rank
- #30,469
- “apprécies” frequency rank
- 43789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appréciée | apprécies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe apprécier. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. |
Where the eye mixes appréciée and apprécies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appréciée (VCCCVCVVV) and apprécies (VCCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between appréciée and apprécies
A purely visual mix-up. appréciée (\a.pʁe.sje\) and apprécies (\a.pʁe.si\) 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 43789, 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\. 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 43789, this pair ranks #215,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appréciée vs apprécies
Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "appréciée": -. Private to "apprécies": s.
"appréciée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV · "apprécies" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appréciée" for "apprécies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appréciée" vs "apprécies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appréciée" 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 #215,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appréciée" and "apprécies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécies". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #215,389 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.