Which to use
“apporte” and “apportes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,406
- “apporte” frequency rank
- #32,681
- “apportes” frequency rank
- 35087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apporte | apportes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Same sound, different letters: apporte vs apportes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. apporte runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against apportes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - apporte and apportes
This is the hard kind. apporte and apportes are pronounced identically (\a.pɔʁt\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “apporte” sits inside “apportes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35087, 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\. apportes is at rank #32,681, 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 35087, this pair ranks #279,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apporte vs apportes
Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apporte": -. Private to "apportes": s.
"apporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "apportes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apporte" for "apportes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apporte" vs "apportes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "apporte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apporte" and "apportes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportes vs apportons". 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 #279,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.