Which to use
“rapporta” is a verb and “rapportée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,129
- “rapporta” frequency rank
- #18,034
- “rapportée” frequency rank
- 62163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapporta | rapportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rapporter. | Féminin singulier de rapporté. |
Where the eye mixes rapporta and rapportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rapporta runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against rapportée's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rapporta vs rapportée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rapporta is \ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\ while rapportée is \ʁa.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62163, 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\. rapportée is at rank #18,034, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.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 62163, this pair ranks #88,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rapporta vs rapportée
Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "rapporta": -. Private to "rapportée": eé.
"rapporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "rapportée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapporta ← arpporta · rapoprta · raporta · rapporat · rapporrta · rapportta · rappotra · rapprota
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rapporta" for "rapportée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rapporta" vs "rapportée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rapporta" and "rapportée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rapportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapporta" and "rapportée" 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 #88,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.