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

#13,317
“apportée” frequency rank
#13,962
“apportera” frequency rank
27279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apportée apportera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe apporter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe apporter.

Where the eye mixes apportée and apportera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
apportée
9 ch
apportera

Why the eye confuses apportée with apportera

A purely visual mix-up. apportée (\a.pɔʁ.te\) and apportera (\a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27279, 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\. apportera is at rank #13,962, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\.

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 27279, this pair ranks #330,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apportée vs apportera

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apportée": é. Private to "apportera": -.

"apportée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "apportera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apporteraapoprtera · aportera · apporetra · apporrtera · apportear · apporterra · apportrea · apporttera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apportée" for "apportera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\a.pɔʁ.te\ versus \a.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "apportée" or "apportera"?
"apportée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,317 in our French list, against #13,962 for "apportera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apportera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #330,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apportée" and "apportera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportée vs apposée". 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 #330,022 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