Which to use
“rapporte” and “reporté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,100
- “rapporte” frequency rank
- #15,484
- “reporté” frequency rank
- 18584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapporte | reporté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapporter. | Participe passé masculin singulier de reporter. |
Where the eye mixes rapporte and reporté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rapporte with reporté
A purely visual mix-up. rapporte (\ʁa.pɔʁt\) and reporté (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18584, 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\. reporté is at rank #15,484, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\.
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 18584, this pair ranks #377,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rapporte vs reporté
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "rapporte": a. Private to "reporté": é.
"rapporte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "reporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapporte ← arpporte · rapoprte · raporte · rapporet · rapporrte · rapportte · rappotre · rapprote
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rapporte" for "reporté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rapporte" or "reporté" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rapporte" and "reporté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapporte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reporté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapporte" and "reporté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs reporté". 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 #377,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.