Which to use
“rapporte” and “rapportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,100
- “rapporte” frequency rank
- #10,218
- “rapportent” frequency rank
- 13318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapporte | rapportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rapporter. |
Same sound, different letters: rapporte vs rapportent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rapporte runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against rapportent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rapporte / rapportent
This is the hard kind. rapporte and rapportent are pronounced identically (\ʁa.pɔʁt\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “rapporte” sits inside “rapportent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rapporte is recorded at frequency rank #3,100, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁt\. rapportent is at rank #10,218, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁt\.
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 13318, this pair ranks #401,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rapporte vs rapportent
Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "rapporte": -. Private to "rapportent": n.
"rapporte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "rapportent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapporte ← arpporte · rapoprte · raporte · rapporet · rapporrte · rapportte · rappotre · rapprote
- rapportent ← arpportent · rapoprtent · raportent · rapporetnt · rapporrtent · rapportennt · rapportentt · rapportetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rapporte" and "rapportent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rapporte" or "rapportent"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rapporte" / "rapportent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapporte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rapportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapporte" and "rapportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapportaient vs rapportent". 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 #401,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.