Which to use
“approfondi” and “approfondis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,167
- “approfondi” frequency rank
- #45,437
- “approfondis” frequency rank
- 67604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | approfondi | approfondis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendu plus profond. | Masculin pluriel de approfondi. |
Same sound, different letters: approfondi vs approfondis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. approfondi runs 10 letters (VCCCVCVCCV) against approfondis's 11 (VCCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - approfondi / approfondis
This is the hard kind. approfondi and approfondis are pronounced identically (\a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “approfondi” sits inside “approfondis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
approfondi is recorded at frequency rank #22,167, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di\. approfondis is at rank #45,437, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.fɔ̃.di\.
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 67604, this pair ranks #62,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of approfondi vs approfondis
Shared letters: adfinopr. Private to "approfondi": -. Private to "approfondis": s.
"approfondi" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCV · "approfondis" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- approfondi ← apporfondi · apprfoondi · approffondi · approfnodi · approfodni · approfonddi · approfonid · approfonndi
- approfondis ← apporfondis · apprfoondis · approffondis · approfnodis · approfodnis · approfonddis · approfondiss · approfondsi
Frequently Asked Questions
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In ordinary French text, does "approfondi" or "approfondis" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "approfondi" / "approfondis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "approfondi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "approfondis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "approfondi" and "approfondis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "approfondis vs approfondit". 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 #62,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.