Which to use
“apparaît” is a verb and “appart” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,257
- “apparaît” frequency rank
- #5,103
- “appart” frequency rank
- 7360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparaît | appart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apparaître. | Appartement. |
Where the eye mixes apparaît and appart
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. apparaît runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against appart's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apparaît vs appart
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apparaît is \a.pa.ʁɛ\ while appart is \a.paʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparaît is recorded at frequency rank #2,257, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁɛ\. 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 7360, this pair ranks #423,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apparaît vs appart
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apparaît": î. Private to "appart": -.
"apparaît" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "appart" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appart ← apaprt · apparrt · appartt · appatr · apprat · papart
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apparaît" and "appart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apparaît" vs "appart" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparaît" 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 #423,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparaît" and "appart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appart vs appâts". 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 #423,395 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.