Which to use
“appuiera” and “appuies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,339
- “appuiera” frequency rank
- #34,868
- “appuies” frequency rank
- 83207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuiera | appuies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe appuyer. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. |
Where the eye mixes appuiera and appuies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. appuiera runs 8 letters (VCCVVVCV) against appuies's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between appuiera and appuies
A purely visual mix-up. appuiera (\a.pɥi.ʁa\) and appuies (\a.pɥi\) 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 83207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appuiera is recorded at frequency rank #48,339, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi.ʁa\. appuies is at rank #34,868, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi\.
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 83207, this pair ranks #15,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of appuiera vs appuies
Shared letters: aeipu. Private to "appuiera": r. Private to "appuies": s.
"appuiera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCV · "appuies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appuiera" and "appuies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "appuiera" vs "appuies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuiera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuiera" and "appuies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apprises vs appuies". 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 #15,256 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.