Which to use
“appuyer” is a verb and “appuyés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,546
- “appuyer” frequency rank
- #18,116
- “appuyés” frequency rank
- 22662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appuyer | appuyés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Placer contre quelque chose. | Masculin pluriel de appuyé. |
Same sound, different letters: appuyer vs appuyés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. appuyer and appuyés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: appuyer vs appuyés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: appuyer and appuyés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.pɥi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appuyer is recorded at frequency rank #4,546, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɥi.je\. 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 22662, this pair ranks #356,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appuyer vs appuyés
Shared letters: apuy. Private to "appuyer": er. Private to "appuyés": sé.
"appuyer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "appuyés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appuyer ← appueyr · appuyerr · appuyre · appuyyer · appyuer · apupyer · apuyer · papuyer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "appuyer" and "appuyés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "appuyer" vs "appuyés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "appuyer" / "appuyés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "appuyer" 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 #356,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appuyer" and "appuyés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appuya vs appuyés". 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 #356,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.