apartvsaptConfusable pair

Which to use

“apart” and “apt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,275
“apart” frequency rank
#29,641
“apt” frequency rank
61916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apart apt
Definition Chic, classe, charmant. Enclin, disposé, dif=susceptible de, avoir tendance à.

Letter map: apart vs apt

Shared letters muted; letters that set apart and apt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
apart
3 ch
apt

Corpus notes: apart and apt

apart and apt are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61916, 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\. apt is at rank #29,641, tagged as anadj.

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 61916, this pair ranks #89,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of apart vs apt

Shared letters: apt. Private to "apart": r. Private to "apt": -.

"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC  ·  "apt" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apartaaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · aprat · paart

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apart" and "apt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "apart" vs "apt" - which ranks higher?
"apt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,641 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "apart" and "apt". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apart" and "apt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apt vs aur". 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 #89,768 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