Which to use
“appuie” is a verb and “appuyée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,400
- “appuie” frequency rank
- #17,620
- “appuyée” frequency rank
- 22020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuie | appuyée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. | Féminin singulier de appuyé. |
Where the eye mixes appuie and appuyée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appuie runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against appuyée's 7 (VCCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses appuie with appuyée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appuie is \a.pɥi\ while appuyée is \a.pɥi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appuie is recorded at frequency rank #4,400, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi\. appuyée is at rank #17,620, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.pɥi.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 22020, this pair ranks #360,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appuie vs appuyée
Shared letters: aepu. Private to "appuie": i. Private to "appuyée": yé.
"appuie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "appuyée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- appuie ← appiue · appuei · apuie · apupie · papuie
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appuie" and "appuyée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "appuie" or "appuyée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "appuie" and "appuyée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuie" and "appuyée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuya vs appuyée". 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 #360,203 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.