Which to use
“appuies” is a verb and “appuyées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,868
- “appuies” frequency rank
- #34,416
- “appuyées” frequency rank
- 69284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuies | appuyées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. | Féminin pluriel de appuyé. |
Where the eye mixes appuies and appuyées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. appuies runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against appuyées's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses appuies with appuyées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appuies is \a.pɥi\ while appuyées 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 69284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appuies is recorded at frequency rank #34,868, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi\. appuyées is at rank #34,416, 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 69284, this pair ranks #55,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of appuies vs appuyées
Shared letters: aepsu. Private to "appuies": i. Private to "appuyées": yé.
"appuies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "appuyées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appuies ← appiues · appueis · appuiess · appuise · apuies · apupies · papuies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appuies" for "appuyées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "appuies" or "appuyées" show up more?
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 "appuies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuies" and "appuyées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuiera 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 #55,751 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.