Which to use
“apportait” and “apporterait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,529
- “apportait” frequency rank
- #28,446
- “apporterait” frequency rank
- 49975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportait | apporterait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe apporter. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apportait and apporterait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. apportait runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against apporterait's 11 (VCCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses apportait with apporterait
A purely visual mix-up. apportait (\a.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and apporterait (\a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49975, 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\. apporterait is at rank #28,446, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ\.
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 49975, this pair ranks #166,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apportait vs apporterait
Shared letters: aioprt. Private to "apportait": -. Private to "apporterait": e.
"apportait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "apporterait" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apportait ← apoprtait · aportait · apporatit · apporrtait · apportaitt · apportati · apportiat · apporttait
- apporterait ← apoprterait · aporterait · apporetrait · apporrterait · apportearit · apporteraitt · apporterati · apporteriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apportait" and "apporterait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apportait" or "apporterait"?
What to do next
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 "apporterait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportait" and "apporterait" 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 #166,337 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.