Which to use
“apparut” is a verb and “apport” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,350
- “apparut” frequency rank
- #5,726
- “apport” frequency rank
- 26076
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apparut | apport |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de apparaître/apparaitre. | Action d’apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apparut and apport
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. apparut runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against apport's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apparut vs apport
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apparut is \a.pa.ʁy\ while apport is \a.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apparut is recorded at frequency rank #20,350, 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 26076, this pair ranks #337,242 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apparut vs apport
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "apparut": u. Private to "apport": o.
"apparut" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "apport" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apparut" for "apport" ever safe?
Which is more common, "apparut" or "apport"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "apparut" and "apport" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apparut" 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 #337,242 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apparut" and "apport" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs apparut". 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 #337,242 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.