Which to use
“appoint” and “apport” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,921
- “appoint” frequency rank
- #5,726
- “apport” frequency rank
- 26647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appoint | apport |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Complément d’une somme en petite monnaie. | Action d’apporter. |
Where the eye mixes appoint and apport
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between appoint and apport
A purely visual mix-up. appoint (\a.pwɛ̃\) and apport (\a.pɔʁ\) 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 26647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appoint is recorded at frequency rank #20,921, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.pwɛ̃\. 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 26647, this pair ranks #333,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appoint vs apport
Shared letters: aopt. Private to "appoint": in. Private to "apport": r.
"appoint" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "apport" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "appoint" and "apport" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "appoint" or "apport"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "appoint" and "apport" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "appoint" 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 #333,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appoint" and "apport" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apport vs apportes". 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 #333,685 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.