Which to use
“appuya” is a verb and “appuyés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,487
- “appuya” frequency rank
- #18,116
- “appuyés” frequency rank
- 67603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuya | appuyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe appuyer. | Masculin pluriel de appuyé. |
Where the eye mixes appuya and appuyés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appuya runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against appuyés's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appuya vs appuyés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appuya is \a.pɥi.ja\ while appuyés 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 67603, 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\. appuyés is at rank #18,116, 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 67603, this pair ranks #62,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of appuya vs appuyés
Shared letters: apuy. Private to "appuya": -. Private to "appuyés": sé.
"appuya" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "appuyés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appuya ← appuay · appuyya · appyua · apupya · apuya · papuya
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appuya" and "appuyés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "appuya" vs "appuyés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "appuya" and "appuyés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuya" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuya" and "appuyés" 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 #62,715 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.