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.
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
- apprendre ← apperndre · apprednre · apprenddre · apprender · apprendrre · apprenndre · apprenrde · apprnedre
- apprendrez ← apperndrez · apprednrez · apprenddrez · apprenderz · apprendrezz · apprendrrez · apprendrze · apprenndrez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apprendre" and "apprendrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "apprendre" or "apprendrez" 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 "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.