Which to use
“appartienne” and “appartient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,271
- “appartienne” frequency rank
- #1,942
- “appartient” frequency rank
- 45213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appartienne | appartient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de appartenir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de appartenir. |
Where the eye mixes appartienne and appartient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. appartienne runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVVCCV) against appartient's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between appartienne and appartient
A purely visual mix-up. appartienne (\a.paʁ.tjɛn\) and appartient (\a.paʁ.tjɛ̃\) 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 45213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appartienne is recorded at frequency rank #43,271, classified as averb, pronounced \a.paʁ.tjɛn\. appartient is at rank #1,942, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.paʁ.tjɛ̃\.
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 45213, this pair ranks #204,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of appartienne vs appartient
Shared letters: aeinprt. Private to "appartienne": -. Private to "appartient": -.
"appartienne" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCCV · "appartient" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appartienne ← apaprtienne · apartienne · apparitenne · apparrtienne · apparteinne · appartiene · appartienen · appartinene
- appartient ← apaprtient · apartient · apparitent · apparrtient · apparteint · appartiennt · appartientt · appartietn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appartienne" for "appartient" ever safe?
Which is more common, "appartienne" or "appartient"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "appartienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "appartient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #204,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appartienne" and "appartient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appartienne vs appartiens". 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 #204,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.