apprendrevsapprendrezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#956
“apprendre” frequency rank
#32,682
“apprendrez” frequency rank
33638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apprendre apprendrez
Definition Acquérir une connaissance ou un savoir-faire. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de apprendre.

Where the eye mixes apprendre and apprendrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
apprendre
10 ch
apprendrez

Look-alike desk: apprendre vs apprendrez

A purely visual mix-up. apprendre (\a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\) and apprendrez (\a.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “apprendre” sits inside “apprendrez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apprendre is recorded at frequency rank #956, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. apprendrez is at rank #32,682, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\.

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 33638, this pair ranks #289,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apprendre vs apprendrez

Shared letters: adenpr. Private to "apprendre": -. Private to "apprendrez": z.

"apprendre" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCCV  ·  "apprendrez" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apprendreapperndre · apprednre · apprenddre · apprender · apprendrre · apprenndre · apprenrde · apprnedre
  • apprendrezapperndrez · apprednrez · apprenddrez · apprenderz · apprendrezz · apprendrrez · apprendrze · apprenndrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apprendre" and "apprendrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\a.pʁɑ̃dʁ\ versus \a.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "apprendre" or "apprendrez" show up more?
"apprendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #956 in our French list, against #32,682 for "apprendrez". 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 "apprendre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apprendrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #289,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apprendre" and "apprendrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apprendrai vs apprendrez". 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 #289,296 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