Which to use
“apporter” and “apportes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,065
- “apporter” frequency rank
- #32,681
- “apportes” frequency rank
- 34746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apporter | apportes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter quelque chose à quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : L’objet du verbe apporter est toujours un inanimé. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Where the eye mixes apporter and apportes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: apporter vs apportes
A purely visual mix-up. apporter (\a.pɔʁ.te\) and apportes (\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 differ by a single letter - r in “apporter” becomes s in “apportes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apporter is recorded at frequency rank #2,065, classified as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\. apportes is at rank #32,681, 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 34746, this pair ranks #281,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of apporter vs apportes
Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apporter": -. Private to "apportes": s.
"apporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "apportes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apporter" and "apportes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apporter" vs "apportes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apporter" and "apportes" 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 #281,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.