Which to use
“apparaît” and “apportait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,257
- “apparaît” frequency rank
- #21,529
- “apportait” frequency rank
- 23786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparaît | apportait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de apparaître. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apparaît and apportait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. apparaît runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against apportait's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apparaît vs apportait
A purely visual mix-up. apparaît (\a.pa.ʁɛ\) and apportait (\a.pɔʁ.tɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23786, 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\. apportait is at rank #21,529, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɛ\.
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 23786, this pair ranks #350,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apparaît vs apportait
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apparaît": î. Private to "apportait": io.
"apparaît" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "apportait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apportait ← apoprtait · aportait · apporatit · apporrtait · apportaitt · apportati · apportiat · apporttait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apparaît" and "apportait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apparaît" or "apportait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "apparaît" and "apportait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparaît" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparaît" and "apportait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportaient vs apportait". 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 #350,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.