Which to use
“apportait” and “apportant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,529
- “apportait” frequency rank
- #13,103
- “apportant” frequency rank
- 34632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportait | apportant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe apporter. | Participe présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apportait and apportant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apportait (VCCVCCVVC) and apportant (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between apportait and apportant
A purely visual mix-up. apportait (\a.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and apportant (\a.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “apportait” becomes n in “apportant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apportait is recorded at frequency rank #21,529, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɛ\. apportant is at rank #13,103, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 34632, this pair ranks #282,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apportait vs apportant
Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "apportait": i. Private to "apportant": n.
"apportait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "apportant" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apportait" and "apportant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apportait" or "apportant"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "apportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportait" and "apportant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportaient vs apportait". 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 #282,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.