Which to use
“apporte” and “apporter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,406
- “apporte” frequency rank
- #2,065
- “apporter” frequency rank
- 4471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apporte | apporter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. | Porter quelque chose à quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : L’objet du verbe apporter est toujours un inanimé. |
Where the eye mixes apporte and apporter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses apporte with apporter
A purely visual mix-up. apporte (\a.pɔʁt\) and apporter (\a.pɔʁ.te\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “apporte” sits inside “apporter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apporte is recorded at frequency rank #2,406, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁt\. apporter is at rank #2,065, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\.
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 4471, this pair ranks #431,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apporte vs apporter
Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apporte": -. Private to "apporter": -.
"apporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "apporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apporte" and "apporter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "apporte" or "apporter" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "apporte" and "apporter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apporte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,525 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apporte" and "apporter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apporte vs apposée". 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 #431,525 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.