Which to use
“comportait” and “comportant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,098
- “comportait” frequency rank
- #9,973
- “comportant” frequency rank
- 27071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comportait | comportant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de comporter. | Participe présent de comporter. |
Where the eye mixes comportait and comportant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. comportait (CVCCVCCVVC) and comportant (CVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: comportait vs comportant
A purely visual mix-up. comportait (\kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and comportant (\kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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 - i in “comportait” becomes n in “comportant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comportait is recorded at frequency rank #17,098, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\. comportant is at rank #9,973, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 27071, this pair ranks #331,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comportait vs comportant
Shared letters: acmoprt. Private to "comportait": i. Private to "comportant": n.
"comportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "comportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comportait ← ccomportait · cmoportait · commportait · comoprtait · comporatit · comporrtait · comportaitt · comportati
- comportant ← ccomportant · cmoportant · commportant · comoprtant · comporatnt · comporrtant · comportannt · comportantt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comportait" for "comportant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comportait" vs "comportant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comportant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #331,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comportait" and "comportant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparait vs comportait". 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 #331,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.