appréciéesvsapprécionsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,203
“appréciées” frequency rank
#34,867
“apprécions” frequency rank
60070
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature appréciées apprécions
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe apprécier. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier.

Where the eye mixes appréciées and apprécions

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appréciées (VCCCVCVVVC) and apprécions (VCCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
appréciées
10 ch
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Look-alike desk: appréciées vs apprécions

A purely visual mix-up. appréciées (\a.pʁe.sje\) and apprécions (\a.pʁe.sjɔ̃\) 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 60070, 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\. apprécions is at rank #34,867, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sjɔ̃\.

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 60070, this pair ranks #99,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of appréciées vs apprécions

Shared letters: aciprsé. Private to "appréciées": e. Private to "apprécions": no.

"appréciées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC  ·  "apprécions" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "appréciées" and "apprécions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.pʁe.sje\ versus \a.pʁe.sjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "appréciées" vs "apprécions" - which ranks higher?
"appréciées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,203 in our French list, against #34,867 for "apprécions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "appréciées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apprécions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "appréciées" and "apprécions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécions". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #99,617 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