Which to use
“approfondies” and “approfondis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,201
- “approfondies” frequency rank
- #45,437
- “approfondis” frequency rank
- 70638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | approfondies | approfondis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de approfondi. | Masculin pluriel de approfondi. |
Same sound, different letters: approfondies vs approfondis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. approfondies runs 12 letters (VCCCVCVCCVVC) against approfondis's 11 (VCCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - approfondies and approfondis
This is the hard kind. approfondies 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
approfondies is recorded at frequency rank #25,201, 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 70638, this pair ranks #50,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of approfondies vs approfondis
Shared letters: adfinoprs. Private to "approfondies": e. Private to "approfondis": -.
"approfondies" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVVC · "approfondis" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- approfondies ← apporfondies · apprfoondies · approffondies · approfnodies · approfodnies · approfonddies · approfondeis · approfondiess
- approfondis ← apporfondis · apprfoondis · approffondis · approfnodis · approfodnis · approfonddis · approfondiss · approfondsi
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "approfondies" and "approfondis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "approfondies" vs "approfondis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "approfondies" / "approfondis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "approfondies" 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 #50,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "approfondies" 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 #50,611 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.