Which to use
“apprend” and “apprends” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,350
- “apprend” frequency rank
- #5,424
- “apprends” frequency rank
- 7774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apprend | apprends |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apprendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: apprend vs apprends
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - apprend and apprends
This is the hard kind. apprend and apprends are pronounced identically (\a.pʁɑ̃\) 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 extra letter(s) - “apprend” sits inside “apprends”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apprend is recorded at frequency rank #2,350, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɑ̃\. apprends is at rank #5,424, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɑ̃\.
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 7774, this pair ranks #422,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apprend vs apprends
Shared letters: adenpr. Private to "apprend": -. Private to "apprends": s.
"apprend" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCC · "apprends" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apprend" and "apprends" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "apprend" or "apprends"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "apprend" / "apprends". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "apprend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apprends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #422,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apprend" and "apprends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apprenais vs apprends". 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 #422,168 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.