Which to use
“appuies” and “appuyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,868
- “appuies” frequency rank
- #20,045
- “appuyez” frequency rank
- 54913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuies | appuyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. |
Where the eye mixes appuies and appuyez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appuies and appuyez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses appuies with appuyez
A purely visual mix-up. appuies (\a.pɥi\) and appuyez (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54913, 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\. appuyez is at rank #20,045, 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 54913, this pair ranks #130,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appuies vs appuyez
Shared letters: aepu. Private to "appuies": is. Private to "appuyez": yz.
"appuies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "appuyez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appuies" for "appuyez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appuies" vs "appuyez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuies" and "appuyez" 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 #130,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.