Which to use
“approprier” is a verb and “appropriés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,318
- “approprier” frequency rank
- #17,619
- “appropriés” frequency rank
- 30937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | approprier | appropriés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adapter, rendre propre à une destination. | Masculin pluriel de approprié. |
Same sound, different letters: approprier vs appropriés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. approprier and appropriés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - approprier / appropriés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: approprier and appropriés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 30937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
approprier is recorded at frequency rank #13,318, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\. appropriés is at rank #17,619, tagged as anadj, 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 30937, this pair ranks #307,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of approprier vs appropriés
Shared letters: aiopr. Private to "approprier": e. Private to "appropriés": sé.
"approprier" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "appropriés" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- approprier ← apporprier · appropirer · appropprier · appropreir · approprierr · approprire · approprrier · approrpier
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "approprier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appropriés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "approprier" and "appropriés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "approprient vs appropriés". 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 #307,034 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.