Which to use
“rapportait” and “remportait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,333
- “rapportait” frequency rank
- #49,324
- “remportait” frequency rank
- 72657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapportait | remportait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rapporter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remporter. |
Where the eye mixes rapportait and remportait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. rapportait and remportait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses rapportait with remportait
A purely visual mix-up. rapportait (\ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and remportait (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\) 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 72657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rapportait is recorded at frequency rank #23,333, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.tɛ\. remportait is at rank #49,324, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ\.
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 72657, this pair ranks #43,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rapportait vs remportait
Shared letters: aioprt. Private to "rapportait": -. Private to "remportait": em.
"rapportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "remportait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapportait ← arpportait · rapoprtait · raportait · rapporatit · rapporrtait · rapportaitt · rapportati · rapportiat
- remportait ← ermportait · remmportait · remoprtait · remporatit · remporrtait · remportaitt · remportati · remportiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rapportait" for "remportait" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rapportait" or "remportait" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "rapportait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remportait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapportait" and "remportait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs repartait". 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 #43,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.