Which to use
“appart” and “appâts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,103
- “appart” frequency rank
- #46,579
- “appâts” frequency rank
- 51682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appart | appâts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appartement. | Pluriel de appât. |
Where the eye mixes appart and appâts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. appart and appâts follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: appart vs appâts
A purely visual mix-up. appart (\a.paʁt\) and appâts (\a.pa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51682, 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\. appâts is at rank #46,579, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pa\.
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 51682, this pair ranks #153,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appart vs appâts
Shared letters: apt. Private to "appart": r. Private to "appâts": sâ.
"appart" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "appâts" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appart ← apaprt · apparrt · appartt · appatr · apprat · papart
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appart" for "appâts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appart" vs "appâts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "appart" and "appâts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appâts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appart" and "appâts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplati 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 #153,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.