Which to use
“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.
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
- apportera ← apoprtera · aportera · apporetra · apporrtera · apportear · apporterra · apportrea · apporttera
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apportée" for "apportera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "apportée" or "apportera"?
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.