Which to use
“apportée” and “apportées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,317
- “apportée” frequency rank
- #11,910
- “apportées” frequency rank
- 25227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportée | apportées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe apporter. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe apporter. |
Same sound, different letters: apportée vs apportées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. apportée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against apportées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - apportée / apportées
This is the hard kind. apportée and apportées are pronounced identically (\a.pɔʁ.te\) 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) - “apportée” sits inside “apportées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apportée is recorded at frequency rank #13,317, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\. apportées is at rank #11,910, 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 25227, this pair ranks #342,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apportée vs apportées
Shared letters: aeoprté. Private to "apportée": -. Private to "apportées": s.
"apportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "apportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apportée" and "apportées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apportée" vs "apportées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "apportée" / "apportées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "apportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportée" and "apportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportée vs apposée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.