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.
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?
Which is more common, "appréciées" or "apprécies"?
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.