Which to use
“appuya” and “appuyant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,487
- “appuya” frequency rank
- #7,653
- “appuyant” frequency rank
- 57140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuya | appuyant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe appuyer. | Participe présent du verbe appuyer. |
Where the eye mixes appuya and appuyant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. appuya runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against appuyant's 8 (VCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between appuya and appuyant
A purely visual mix-up. appuya (\a.pɥi.ja\) and appuyant (\a.pɥi.jɑ̃\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “appuya” sits inside “appuyant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appuya is recorded at frequency rank #49,487, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi.ja\. appuyant is at rank #7,653, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi.jɑ̃\.
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 57140, this pair ranks #116,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appuya vs appuyant
Shared letters: apuy. Private to "appuya": -. Private to "appuyant": nt.
"appuya" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "appuyant" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appuya" for "appuyant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appuya" vs "appuyant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuya" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuya" and "appuyant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuya vs appuyait". 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 #116,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.