appréciesvsappréciezTell them apart

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

#30,469
“apprécies” frequency rank
#22,168
“appréciez” frequency rank
52637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apprécies appréciez
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier.

Where the eye mixes apprécies and appréciez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apprécies and appréciez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
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9 ch
appréciez

Why the eye confuses apprécies with appréciez

A purely visual mix-up. apprécies (\a.pʁe.si\) and appréciez (\a.pʁe.sje\) 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 a single letter - s in “apprécies” becomes z in “appréciez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apprécies is recorded at frequency rank #30,469, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.si\. appréciez is at rank #22,168, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sje\.

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 52637, this pair ranks #146,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apprécies vs appréciez

Shared letters: aceipré. Private to "apprécies": s. Private to "appréciez": z.

"apprécies" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC  ·  "appréciez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apprécies" and "appréciez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.pʁe.si\ versus \a.pʁe.sje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "apprécies" or "appréciez"?
"appréciez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,168 in our French list, against #30,469 for "apprécies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apprécies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "appréciez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apprécies" and "appréciez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appréciais vs apprécies". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #146,303 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