apportavsapportsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#30,055
“apporta” frequency rank
#12,101
“apports” frequency rank
42156
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apporta apports
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe apporter. Pluriel de apport.

Where the eye mixes apporta and apports

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. apporta (VCCVCCV) and apports (VCCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
apporta
7 ch
apports

Look-alike desk: apporta vs apports

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apporta is \a.pɔʁ.ta\ while apports is \a.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “apporta” becomes s in “apports”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42156, 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\. apports is at rank #12,101, 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 42156, this pair ranks #227,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apporta vs apports

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "apporta": -. Private to "apports": s.

"apporta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "apports" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apporta ← apoprta · aporta · apporat · apporrta · apportta · appotra · approta · paporta
  • apports ← apoprts · aports · apporrts · apporst · apportss · apportts · appotrs · approts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apporta" and "apports" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apporta" is a verb and "apports" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "apporta" or "apports" show up more?
"apports" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,101 in our French list, against #30,055 for "apporta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "apports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #227,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apporta" and "apports" 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 #227,789 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