Which to use
“apporter” and “apportez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,065
- “apporter” frequency rank
- #16,064
- “apportez” frequency rank
- 18129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apporter | apportez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter quelque chose à quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : L’objet du verbe apporter est toujours un inanimé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe apporter. |
Same sound, different letters: apporter vs apportez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. apporter and apportez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - apporter / apportez
This is the hard kind. apporter and apportez are pronounced identically (\a.pɔʁ.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “apporter” becomes z in “apportez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18129, 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\. apportez is at rank #16,064, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.pɔʁ.te\.
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 18129, this pair ranks #379,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apporter vs apportez
Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "apporter": -. Private to "apportez": z.
"apporter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "apportez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apporter" for "apportez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apporter" vs "apportez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"apporter" and "apportez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "apporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apportez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apporter" and "apportez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apportes vs apportez". 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 #379,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.