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“rapporta” and “rapporte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,129
“rapporta” frequency rank
#3,100
“rapporte” frequency rank
47229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rapporta rapporte
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rapporter. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapporter.

Where the eye mixes rapporta and rapporte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rapporta and rapporte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
rapporta
8 ch
rapporte

Why the eye confuses rapporta with rapporte

A purely visual mix-up. rapporta (\ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\) and rapporte (\ʁa.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 - a in “rapporta” becomes e in “rapporte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rapporta is recorded at frequency rank #44,129, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\. rapporte is at rank #3,100, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.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 47229, this pair ranks #188,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rapporta vs rapporte

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "rapporta": -. Private to "rapporte": e.

"rapporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "rapporte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rapportaarpporta · rapoprta · raporta · rapporat · rapporrta · rapportta · rappotra · rapprota
  • rapportearpporte · rapoprte · raporte · rapporet · rapporrte · rapportte · rappotre · rapprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rapporta" and "rapporte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\ versus \ʁa.pɔʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rapporta" or "rapporte"?
"rapporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,100 in our French list, against #44,129 for "rapporta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rapporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rapporte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rapporta" and "rapporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapporta vs remporta". 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 #188,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list