Which to use
“apprécient” and “apprécions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,904
- “apprécient” frequency rank
- #34,867
- “apprécions” frequency rank
- 47771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apprécient | apprécions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. |
Where the eye mixes apprécient and apprécions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apprécient and apprécions follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses apprécient with apprécions
A purely visual mix-up. apprécient (\a.pʁe.si\) 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 47771, 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\. 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 47771, this pair ranks #184,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apprécient vs apprécions
Shared letters: acinpré. Private to "apprécient": et. Private to "apprécions": os.
"apprécient" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC · "apprécions" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apprécient" and "apprécions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apprécient" or "apprécions"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "apprécient" 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 #184,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apprécient" and "apprécions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécions". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #184,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.