Which to use
“appuyées” is an adjective and “appuyer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,416
- “appuyées” frequency rank
- #4,546
- “appuyer” frequency rank
- 38962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuyées | appuyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de appuyé. | Placer contre quelque chose. |
Same sound, different letters: appuyées vs appuyer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. appuyées runs 8 letters (VCCVVVVC) against appuyer's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - appuyées and appuyer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appuyées and appuyer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pɥi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appuyées is recorded at frequency rank #34,416, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.pɥi.je\. appuyer is at rank #4,546, 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 38962, this pair ranks #251,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appuyées vs appuyer
Shared letters: aepuy. Private to "appuyées": sé. Private to "appuyer": r.
"appuyées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC · "appuyer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appuyer ← appueyr · appuyerr · appuyre · appuyyer · appyuer · apupyer · apuyer · papuyer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appuyées" for "appuyer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "appuyées" or "appuyer" show up more?
What to do next
"appuyées" and "appuyer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuyées" and "appuyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuies vs appuyées". 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 #251,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.