apporteur

\a.pɔʁ.tœʁ\

/\a.pɔʁ.tœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“apporteur” is uncommon French (frequency #87,328 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,328
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fournit une part du capital dans une société par actions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apporteur · apporteur · French

apporteur · rank #87,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,328
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH applaudissaie…

Nearest frequency peer: applaudissaient (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « apporteur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « apporteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apporteur
PropertyValue
Headwordapporteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.pɔʁ.tœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apporteur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.apporteurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « applaudissaient » (#87,327), « aquariophilie » (#87,329), « Aphatie » (#87,326). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apporteur » est au #87,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apporteur is uncommon French at frequency #87,328 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fournit une part du capital dans une société par actions.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apporteur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is apporteur, spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fournit une part du capital dans une société par actions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how apporteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les actionnaires apporteurs de 258 actions

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apporteur"?
"apporteur" is spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔʁ.tœʁ\.
What does "apporteur" mean?
As an adjective, "apporteur" means: Qui fournit une part du capital dans une société par actions.
How do you pronounce "apporteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apporteur" is \a.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apporteur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apporteur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list