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Which to use

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

#3,734
“apprécier” frequency rank
#45,998
“apprécierez” frequency rank
49732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apprécier apprécierez
Definition Déterminer ; estimer ; ressentir. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur du verbe apprécier.

Where the eye mixes apprécier and apprécierez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. apprécier runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVVC) against apprécierez's 11 (VCCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
apprécier
11 ch
apprécierez

Visual trap between apprécier and apprécierez

A purely visual mix-up. apprécier (\a.pʁe.sje\) and apprécierez (\a.pʁe.si.ʁe\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “apprécier” sits inside “apprécierez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apprécier is recorded at frequency rank #3,734, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sje\. apprécierez is at rank #45,998, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.si.ʁe\.

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 49732, this pair ranks #168,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apprécier vs apprécierez

Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "apprécier": -. Private to "apprécierez": z.

"apprécier" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC  ·  "apprécierez" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apprécier" for "apprécierez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.pʁe.sje\ versus \a.pʁe.si.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "apprécier" or "apprécierez" show up more?
"apprécier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,734 in our French list, against #45,998 for "apprécierez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "apprécier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apprécierez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apprécier" and "apprécierez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciera vs apprécierez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #168,257 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