rapportavsrapportsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rapporta is a verb, rapports is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rapporta” is a verb and “rapports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,129
“rapporta” frequency rank
#2,144
“rapports” frequency rank
46273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rapporta rapports
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rapporter. Pluriel de rapport.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set rapporta and rapports apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
rapporta
8 ch
rapports

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rapporta is \ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\ while rapports is \ʁa.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “rapporta” becomes s in “rapports”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46273, 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\. rapports is at rank #2,144, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ\.

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 46273, this pair ranks #196,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rapporta vs rapports

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "rapporta": -. Private to "rapports": s.

"rapporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "rapports" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rapportaarpporta · rapoprta · raporta · rapporat · rapporrta · rapportta · rappotra · rapprota
  • rapportsarpports · rapoprts · raports · rapporrts · rapporst · rapportss · rapportts · rappotrs

Frequency comparison

rapporta#44,129
rapports#2,144

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rapporta" and "rapports" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rapporta" is a verb and "rapports" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rapporta" or "rapports"?
"rapports" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,144 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.

Remembering rapporta vs rapports

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “rapporta”; for a noun, it's “rapports”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “rapporta” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list