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.
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": sé. Private to "apportent": n.
"apportées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apportent ← apoprtent · aportent · apporetnt · apporrtent · apportennt · apportentt · apportetn · apportnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apportées" and "apportent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "apportées" or "apportent"?
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.