Which to use
“appropriée” is an adjective and “approprier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,517
- “appropriée” frequency rank
- #13,318
- “approprier” frequency rank
- 25835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appropriée | approprier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de approprié. | Adapter, rendre propre à une destination. |
Same sound, different letters: appropriée vs approprier
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - appropriée / approprier
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appropriée and approprier carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appropriée is recorded at frequency rank #12,517, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\. approprier is at rank #13,318, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\.
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 25835, this pair ranks #338,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appropriée vs approprier
Shared letters: aeiopr. Private to "appropriée": é. Private to "approprier": -.
"appropriée" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVV · "approprier" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- approprier ← apporprier · appropirer · appropprier · appropreir · approprierr · approprire · approprrier · approrpier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appropriée" for "approprier" ever safe?
Which is more common, "appropriée" or "approprier"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "appropriée" / "approprier". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "appropriée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "approprier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appropriée" and "approprier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "approprient vs approprier". 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 #338,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.