Which to use
“alarme” and “aparté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,831
- “alarme” frequency rank
- #40,123
- “aparté” frequency rank
- 45954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alarme | aparté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Signal pour faire courir aux armes ou pour appeler au secours. | Monologue ou petite réplique théâtrale qui n’est pas entendu par les autres personnages de la scène mais uniquement par les spectateurs. |
Where the eye mixes alarme and aparté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. alarme and aparté follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses alarme with aparté
A purely visual mix-up. alarme (\a.laʁm\) and aparté (\a.paʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alarme is recorded at frequency rank #5,831, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.laʁm\. aparté is at rank #40,123, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.paʁ.te\.
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 45954, this pair ranks #198,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alarme vs aparté
Shared letters: ar. Private to "alarme": elm. Private to "aparté": pté.
"alarme" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "aparté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alarme ← aalrme · alamre · alarem · alarmme · alarrme · allarme · alrame · laarme
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alarme" for "aparté" ever safe?
Frequency check: "alarme" vs "aparté" - which ranks higher?
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 "alarme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aparté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alarme" and "aparté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aorte vs aparté". 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 #198,755 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.