Which to use
“portèrent” and “porteront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,863
- “portèrent” frequency rank
- #22,037
- “porteront” frequency rank
- 71900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | portèrent | porteront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de porter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de porter. |
Where the eye mixes portèrent and porteront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. portèrent and porteront follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between portèrent and porteront
A purely visual mix-up. portèrent (\pɔʁ.tɛʁ\) and porteront (\pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃\) 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 71900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
portèrent is recorded at frequency rank #49,863, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.tɛʁ\. porteront is at rank #22,037, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃\.
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 71900, this pair ranks #45,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of portèrent vs porteront
Shared letters: enoprt. Private to "portèrent": è. Private to "porteront": -.
"portèrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "porteront" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- porteront ← oprteront · poretront · porrteront · porteornt · porternot · porteronnt · porterontt · porterotn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "portèrent" and "porteront" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "portèrent" vs "porteront" - 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 "portèrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porteront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "portèrent" and "porteront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partirent vs portèrent". 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 #45,873 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.