Which to use
“apparat” and “apport” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,820
- “apparat” frequency rank
- #5,726
- “apport” frequency rank
- 37546
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparat | apport |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faste, éclat, pompe solennelle. | Action d’apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apparat and apport
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. apparat runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against apport's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apparat vs apport
A purely visual mix-up. apparat (\a.pa.ʁa\) and apport (\a.pɔʁ\) 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 37546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparat is recorded at frequency rank #31,820, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pa.ʁa\. 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 37546, this pair ranks #261,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apparat vs apport
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apparat": -. Private to "apport": o.
"apparat" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "apport" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apparat" and "apport" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "apparat" or "apport" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparat" 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 #261,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparat" and "apport" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs apparat". 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 #261,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.