apportevsapportezTell them apart

Which to use

“apporte” and “apportez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,406
“apporte” frequency rank
#16,064
“apportez” frequency rank
18470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apporte apportez
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter.

Where the eye mixes apporte and apportez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. apporte runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against apportez's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
apporte
8 ch
apportez

Look-alike desk: apporte vs apportez

A purely visual mix-up. apporte (\a.pɔʁt\) and apportez (\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 “apportez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18470, 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\. apportez is at rank #16,064, 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 18470, this pair ranks #378,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of apporte vs apportez

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apporte": -. Private to "apportez": z.

"apporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "apportez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apporte ← apoprte · aporte · apporet · apporrte · apportte · appotre · approte · paporte
  • apportez ← apoprtez · aportez · apporetz · apporrtez · apportezz · apporttez · apportze · appotrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apporte" and "apportez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.pɔʁt\ versus \a.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "apporte" vs "apportez" - which ranks higher?
"apporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,406 in our French list, against #16,064 for "apportez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "apporte" and "apportez" 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 "apportez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #378,162 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apporte" and "apportez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportes vs apportez". 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 #378,162 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list