Which to use
“apparemment” is an adverb and “appartement” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,212
- “apparemment” frequency rank
- #2,024
- “appartement” frequency rank
- 4236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparemment | appartement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manifestement, assurément. | Ensemble de pièces formant une habitation indépendante dans un immeuble collectif. |
Where the eye mixes apparemment and appartement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. apparemment (VCCVCVCCVCC) and appartement (VCCVCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: apparemment vs appartement
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apparemment is \a.pa.ʁa.mɑ̃\ while appartement is \a.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparemment is recorded at frequency rank #2,212, classified as anadv, pronounced \a.pa.ʁa.mɑ̃\. appartement is at rank #2,024, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃\.
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 4236, this pair ranks #432,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apparemment vs appartement
Shared letters: aemnprt. Private to "apparemment": -. Private to "appartement": -.
"apparemment" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCC · "appartement" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apparemment ← apapremment · aparemment · appaermment · apparememnt · apparement · apparemmennt · apparemmentt · apparemmetn
- appartement ← apaprtement · apartement · apparetment · apparrtement · apparteemnt · appartemennt · appartementt · appartemetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apparemment" for "appartement" ever safe?
Which is more common, "apparemment" or "appartement"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "apparemment" and "appartement" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparemment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appartement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparemment" and "appartement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apparemment vs apparentent". 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 #432,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.