Which to use
“appréciez” and “approchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,168
- “appréciez” frequency rank
- #30,467
- “approchez” frequency rank
- 52635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appréciez | approchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apprécier. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe approcher. |
Where the eye mixes appréciez and approchez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. appréciez (VCCCVCVVC) and approchez (VCCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: appréciez vs approchez
A purely visual mix-up. appréciez (\a.pʁe.sje\) and approchez (\a.pʁɔ.ʃe\) 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 52635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appréciez is recorded at frequency rank #22,168, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁe.sje\. approchez is at rank #30,467, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.ʃe\.
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 52635, this pair ranks #146,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appréciez vs approchez
Shared letters: aceprz. Private to "appréciez": ié. Private to "approchez": ho.
"appréciez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVC · "approchez" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- approchez ← apporchez · apprcohez · approcchez · approcehz · approchezz · approchhez · approchze · approhcez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appréciez" and "approchez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "appréciez" or "approchez" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appréciez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "approchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appréciez" and "approchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apprécierez vs appréciez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #146,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.