Which to use
“appart” is a noun and “apparu” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,103
- “appart” frequency rank
- #6,365
- “apparu” frequency rank
- 11468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appart | apparu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appartement. | Masculin singulier du participe passé du verbe apparaître. |
Where the eye mixes appart and apparu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. appart (VCCVCC) and apparu (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses appart with apparu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: appart is \a.paʁt\ while apparu is \a.pa.ʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - t in “appart” becomes u in “apparu”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appart is recorded at frequency rank #5,103, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.paʁt\. apparu is at rank #6,365, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁy\.
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 11468, this pair ranks #409,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appart vs apparu
Shared letters: apr. Private to "appart": t. Private to "apparu": u.
"appart" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "apparu" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appart" for "apparu" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "appart" or "apparu" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apparu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appart" and "apparu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apparu 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 #409,039 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.