apparuvsapportWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: apparu is a verb, apport is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apparu” is a verb and “apport” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,365
“apparu” frequency rank
#5,726
“apport” frequency rank
12091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apparu apport
Definition Masculin singulier du participe passé du verbe apparaître. Action d’apporter.

Where the eye mixes apparu and apport

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. apparu (VCCVCV) and apport (VCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
apparu
6 ch
apport

Look-alike desk: apparu vs apport

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apparu is \a.pa.ʁy\ while apport is \a.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apparu is recorded at frequency rank #6,365, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pa.ʁy\. apport is at rank #5,726, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.pɔʁ\.

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 12091, this pair ranks #406,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of apparu vs apport

Shared letters: apr. Private to "apparu": u. Private to "apport": ot.

"apparu" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "apport" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apparu ← apapru · aparu · apparru · appaur · apprau · paparu
  • apport ← apoprt · aport · apporrt · apportt · appotr · approt · paport

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "apparu" and "apport" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apparu" is a verb and "apport" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apparu" or "apport"?
"apport" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,726 in our French list, against #6,365 for "apparu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "apparu" and "apport" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apparu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apport" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #406,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apparu" and "apport" 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 #406,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list