Which to use
“appartient” and “apportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,942
- “appartient” frequency rank
- #8,067
- “apportent” frequency rank
- 10009
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appartient | apportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de appartenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes appartient and apportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. appartient runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVVCC) against apportent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: appartient vs apportent
A purely visual mix-up. appartient (\a.paʁ.tjɛ̃\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appartient is recorded at frequency rank #1,942, classified as averb, pronounced \a.paʁ.tjɛ̃\. 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 10009, this pair ranks #414,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appartient vs apportent
Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "appartient": i. Private to "apportent": o.
"appartient" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC · "apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- appartient ← apaprtient · apartient · apparitent · apparrtient · apparteint · appartiennt · appartientt · appartietn
- apportent ← apoprtent · aportent · apporetnt · apporrtent · apportennt · apportentt · apportetn · apportnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "appartient" for "apportent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "appartient" or "apportent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "appartient" and "apportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appartient" 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 #414,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appartient" 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 #414,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.