apportéesvsapportentConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,910
“apportées” frequency rank
#8,067
“apportent” frequency rank
19977
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature apportées apportent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe apporter. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter.

Where the eye mixes apportées and apportent

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

9 ch
apportées
9 ch
apportent

Visual trap between apportées and apportent

A purely visual mix-up. apportées (\a.pɔʁ.te\) and apportent (\a.pɔʁt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apportées is recorded at frequency rank #11,910, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\. apportent is at rank #8,067, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁt\.

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 19977, this pair ranks #370,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of apportées vs apportent

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apportées": . Private to "apportent": n.

"apportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • apportentapoprtent · aportent · apporetnt · apporrtent · apportennt · apportentt · apportetn · apportnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "apportées" and "apportent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.pɔʁ.te\ versus \a.pɔʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "apportées" or "apportent"?
"apportent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,067 in our French list, against #11,910 for "apportées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "apportées" and "apportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "apportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #370,559 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "apportées" and "apportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportaient vs apportent". 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 #370,559 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