Which to use
“appartenu” and “apportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,303
- “appartenu” frequency rank
- #8,067
- “apportent” frequency rank
- 23370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appartenu | apportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier d'appartenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes appartenu and apportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. appartenu (VCCVCCVCV) and apportent (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: appartenu vs apportent
A purely visual mix-up. appartenu (\a.paʁ.tə.ny\) and apportent (\a.pɔʁt\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appartenu is recorded at frequency rank #15,303, classified as averb, pronounced \a.paʁ.tə.ny\. apportent is at rank #8,067, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁt\.
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 23370, this pair ranks #352,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appartenu vs apportent
Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "appartenu": u. Private to "apportent": o.
"appartenu" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appartenu" for "apportent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "appartenu" vs "apportent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "appartenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appartenu" and "apportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportaient vs apportent". 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 #352,880 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.