apartvsapportTell them apart

Quick tell: apart is a adjective, apport is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apart” is an adjective and “apport” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,275
“apart” frequency rank
#5,726
“apport” frequency rank
38001
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apart apport
Definition Chic, classe, charmant. Action d’apporter.

Where the eye mixes apart and apport

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. apart runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against apport's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
apart
6 ch
apport

Look-alike desk: apart vs apport

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apart is \aˈpaʁt\ while apport is \a.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38001, 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\. apport is at rank #5,726, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pɔʁ\.

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 38001, this pair ranks #258,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apart vs apport

Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apart": -. Private to "apport": o.

"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "apport" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · aprat · paart
  • apport ← apoprt · aport · apporrt · apportt · appotr · approt · paport

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apart" and "apport" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apart" is an adjective and "apport" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apart" or "apport"?
"apport" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,726 in our French list, against #32,275 for "apart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apport" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,405 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apart" and "apport" 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 #258,405 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list