Which to use
“rapportant” and “remportant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,242
- “rapportant” frequency rank
- #18,302
- “remportant” frequency rank
- 35544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapportant | remportant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de rapporter. | Participe présent de remporter. |
Where the eye mixes rapportant and remportant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. rapportant and remportant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: rapportant vs remportant
A purely visual mix-up. rapportant (\ʁa.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) and remportant (\ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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 35544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rapportant is recorded at frequency rank #17,242, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\. remportant is at rank #18,302, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 35544, this pair ranks #275,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rapportant vs remportant
Shared letters: anoprt. Private to "rapportant": -. Private to "remportant": em.
"rapportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "remportant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapportant ← arpportant · rapoprtant · raportant · rapporatnt · rapporrtant · rapportannt · rapportantt · rapportatn
- remportant ← ermportant · remmportant · remoprtant · remporatnt · remporrtant · remportannt · remportantt · remportatn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rapportant" for "remportant" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rapportant" or "remportant" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rapportant" and "remportant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapportant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remportant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapportant" and "remportant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remportait vs remportant". 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 #275,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.