Which to use
“apart” is an adjective and “appart” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,275
- “apart” frequency rank
- #5,103
- “appart” frequency rank
- 37378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apart | appart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chic, classe, charmant. | Appartement. |
Same sound, different letters: apart vs appart
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. apart runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against appart's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: apart vs appart
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: apart and appart carry the same recorded pronunciation, \aˈpaʁt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, 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 37378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apart is recorded at frequency rank #32,275, classified as anadj, pronounced \aˈpaʁt\. appart is at rank #5,103, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.paʁt\.
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 37378, this pair ranks #262,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apart vs appart
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apart": -. Private to "appart": -.
"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "appart" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apart" and "appart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apart" or "appart"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apart" and "appart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs atari". 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 #262,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.