Which to use
“appuya” and “appuyez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,487
- “appuya” frequency rank
- #20,045
- “appuyez” frequency rank
- 69532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuya | appuyez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe appuyer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe appuyer. |
Where the eye mixes appuya and appuyez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: appuya vs appuyez
A purely visual mix-up. appuya (\a.pɥi.ja\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69532, 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\. 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 69532, this pair ranks #54,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of appuya vs appuyez
Shared letters: apuy. Private to "appuya": -. Private to "appuyez": ez.
"appuya" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "appuyez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appuya" and "appuyez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "appuya" or "appuyez"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuya" 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 #54,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuya" and "appuyez" 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 #54,750 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.