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.
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
- apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · aprat · paart
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apart" and "apt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apart" vs "apt" - which ranks higher?
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.