Which to use
“apportent” and “apportons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,067
- “apportent” frequency rank
- #39,642
- “apportons” frequency rank
- 47709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apportent | apportons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apportent and apportons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. apportent and apportons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between apportent and apportons
A purely visual mix-up. apportent (\a.pɔʁt\) and apportons (\a.pɔʁ.tɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apportent is recorded at frequency rank #8,067, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁt\. apportons is at rank #39,642, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.tɔ̃\.
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 47709, this pair ranks #184,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apportent vs apportons
Shared letters: anoprt. Private to "apportent": e. Private to "apportons": s.
"apportent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "apportons" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "apportent" and "apportons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "apportent" or "apportons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "apportent" and "apportons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apportent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apportent" and "apportons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportes vs apportons". 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 #184,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.