Which to use
“apportaient” and “apportait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,436
- “apportaient” frequency rank
- #21,529
- “apportait” frequency rank
- 66965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportaient | apportait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe apporter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe apporter. |
Same sound, different letters: apportaient vs apportait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. apportaient runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVVVCC) against apportait's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - apportaient / apportait
This is the hard kind. apportaient and apportait are pronounced identically (\a.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apportaient is recorded at frequency rank #45,436, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɛ\. apportait is at rank #21,529, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɛ\.
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 66965, this pair ranks #65,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apportaient vs apportait
Shared letters: aioprt. Private to "apportaient": en. Private to "apportait": -.
"apportaient" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVVCC · "apportait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apportaient ← apoprtaient · aportaient · apporatient · apporrtaient · apportaeint · apportaiennt · apportaientt · apportaietn
- apportait ← apoprtait · aportait · apporatit · apporrtait · apportaitt · apportati · apportiat · apporttait
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apportaient" for "apportait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apportaient" vs "apportait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "apportaient" / "apportait". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "apportaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportaient" and "apportait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportaient vs apportant". 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 #65,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.