rapportavsremportaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#44,129
“rapporta” frequency rank
#35,246
“remporta” frequency rank
79375
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rapporta remporta
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rapporter. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remporter.

Where the eye mixes rapporta and remporta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rapporta and remporta 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
remporta

Visual trap between rapporta and remporta

A purely visual mix-up. rapporta (\ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\) and remporta (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\) 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 79375, 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\. remporta is at rank #35,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\.

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 79375, this pair ranks #23,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rapporta vs remporta

Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "rapporta": -. Private to "remporta": em.

"rapporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "remporta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rapportaarpporta · rapoprta · raporta · rapporat · rapporrta · rapportta · rappotra · rapprota
  • remportaermporta · remmporta · remoprta · remporat · remporrta · remportta · rempotra · rempporta

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rapporta" and "remporta" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.pɔʁ.ta\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.ta\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rapporta" or "remporta"?
"remporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,246 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rapporta" and "remporta" 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 "remporta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rapporta" and "remporta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remporta vs remportait". 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 #23,460 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