Which to use
“apporta” and “apportée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,055
- “apporta” frequency rank
- #13,317
- “apportée” frequency rank
- 43372
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apporta | apportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe apporter. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apporta and apportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: apporta vs apportée
A purely visual mix-up. apporta (\a.pɔʁ.ta\) and apportée (\a.pɔʁ.te\) 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 43372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apporta is recorded at frequency rank #30,055, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.ta\. apportée is at rank #13,317, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\.
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 43372, this pair ranks #218,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apporta vs apportée
Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "apporta": -. Private to "apportée": eé.
"apporta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "apportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- apporta ← apoprta · aporta · apporat · apporrta · apportta · appotra · approta · paporta
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apporta" and "apportée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "apporta" or "apportée" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "apporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apporta" and "apportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apporta 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 #218,545 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.