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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apporte" and "apportez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "apporte" vs "apportez" - which ranks higher?
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.