rapportavsrapporteraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#44,129
“rapporta” frequency rank
#30,767
“rapportera” frequency rank
74896
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rapporta rapportera
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rapporter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de rapporter.

Where the eye mixes rapporta and rapportera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
rapporta
10 ch
rapportera

Visual trap between rapporta and rapportera

A purely visual mix-up. rapporta (\ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\) and rapportera (\ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74896, 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\. rapportera is at rank #30,767, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\.

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 74896, this pair ranks #35,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rapporta vs rapportera

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

"rapporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "rapportera" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rapportaarpporta · rapoprta · raporta · rapporat · rapporrta · rapportta · rappotra · rapprota
  • rapporteraarpportera · rapoprtera · raportera · rapporetra · rapporrtera · rapportear · rapporterra · rapportrea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rapporta" and "rapportera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\ versus \ʁa.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rapporta" or "rapportera" show up more?
"rapportera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,767 in our French list, against #44,129 for "rapporta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rapporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rapportera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rapporta" and "rapportera" 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 #35,696 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