Which to use
“apprécient” and “apprécies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,904
- “apprécient” frequency rank
- #30,469
- “apprécies” frequency rank
- 43373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apprécient | apprécies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. |
Same sound, different letters: apprécient vs apprécies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. apprécient runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVVCC) against apprécies's 9 (VCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - apprécient and apprécies
This is the hard kind. apprécient and apprécies are pronounced identically (\a.pʁe.si\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apprécient is recorded at frequency rank #12,904, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.si\. 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 43373, this pair ranks #218,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apprécient vs apprécies
Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "apprécient": nt. Private to "apprécies": s.
"apprécient" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "apprécies" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apprécient" and "apprécies" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "apprécient" or "apprécies"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "apprécient" / "apprécies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécient" 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 #218,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apprécient" and "apprécies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécies". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #218,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.