Which to use
“apportant” and “apportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,103
- “apportant” frequency rank
- #8,067
- “apportent” frequency rank
- 21170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportant | apportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent du verbe apporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apportant and apportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apportant and apportent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: apportant vs apportent
A purely visual mix-up. apportant (\a.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) and apportent (\a.pɔʁt\) 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 - a in “apportant” becomes e in “apportent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apportant is recorded at frequency rank #13,103, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\. apportent is at rank #8,067, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁt\.
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 21170, this pair ranks #364,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apportant vs apportent
Shared letters: anoprt. Private to "apportant": -. Private to "apportent": e.
"apportant" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apportant" and "apportent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "apportant" or "apportent"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apportant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportant" and "apportent" 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 #364,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.