Which to use
“appuie” and “appuyer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,400
- “appuie” frequency rank
- #4,546
- “appuyer” frequency rank
- 8946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuie | appuyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. | Placer contre quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes appuie and appuyer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appuie runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against appuyer's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appuie vs appuyer
A purely visual mix-up. appuie (\a.pɥi\) and appuyer (\a.pɥi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8946, 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\. appuyer is at rank #4,546, tagged as averb, 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 8946, this pair ranks #418,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appuie vs appuyer
Shared letters: aepu. Private to "appuie": i. Private to "appuyer": ry.
"appuie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "appuyer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appuie" and "appuyer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "appuie" vs "appuyer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #418,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuie" and "appuyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuya vs appuyer". 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 #418,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.