apportevsavortéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: apporte is a verb, avorté is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“apporte” is a verb and “avorté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,406
“apporte” frequency rank
#28,846
“avorté” frequency rank
31252
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apporte avorté
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. Se dit d’un organe d’une plante qui ne s’est pas développé là où il devrait se développer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set apporte and avorté apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
apporte
6 ch
avorté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apporte is \a.pɔʁt\ while avorté is \a.vɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31252, 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\. avorté is at rank #28,846, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.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 31252, this pair ranks #304,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apporte vs avorté

Shared letters: aort. Private to "apporte": ep. Private to "avorté": .

"apporte" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "avorté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apporteapoprte · aporte · apporet · apporrte · apportte · appotre · approte · paporte

Frequency comparison

apporte#2,406
avorté#28,846

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apporte" and "avorté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apporte" is a verb and "avorté" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "apporte" or "avorté"?
"apporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,406 in our French list, against #28,846 for "avorté". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering apporte vs avorté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “apporte”; for an adjective, it's “avorté”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “apporte” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list