appréciéesvsappréciesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“appréciées” and “apprécies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,203
“appréciées” frequency rank
#30,469
“apprécies” frequency rank
55672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature appréciées apprécies
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe apprécier. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier.

Where the eye mixes appréciées and apprécies

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. appréciées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVVC) against apprécies's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
appréciées
9 ch
apprécies

Visual trap between appréciées and apprécies

A purely visual mix-up. appréciées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

appréciées is recorded at frequency rank #25,203, 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 55672, this pair ranks #125,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of appréciées vs apprécies

Shared letters: aceiprsé. Private to "appréciées": -. Private to "apprécies": -.

"appréciées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC  ·  "apprécies" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "appréciées" and "apprécies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.pʁe.sje\ versus \a.pʁe.si\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "appréciées" or "apprécies"?
"appréciées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,203 in our French list, against #30,469 for "apprécies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "appréciées" and "apprécies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "appréciées" 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 #125,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "appréciées" and "apprécies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécies". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #125,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list