Which to use
“rapportées” and “rapporteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,998
- “rapportées” frequency rank
- #35,669
- “rapporteurs” frequency rank
- 58667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapportées | rapporteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de rapporté. | Masculin pluriel de rapporteur. |
Where the eye mixes rapportées and rapporteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. rapportées runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVVC) against rapporteurs's 11 (CVCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rapportées vs rapporteurs
A purely visual mix-up. rapportées (\ʁa.pɔʁ.te\) and rapporteurs (\ʁa.pɔʁ.tœʁ\) 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 58667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rapportées is recorded at frequency rank #22,998, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.te\. rapporteurs is at rank #35,669, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.tœʁ\.
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 58667, this pair ranks #107,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rapportées vs rapporteurs
Shared letters: aeoprst. Private to "rapportées": é. Private to "rapporteurs": u.
"rapportées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC · "rapporteurs" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapporteurs ← arpporteurs · rapoprteurs · raporteurs · rapporeturs · rapporrteurs · rapporterus · rapporteurrs · rapporteurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rapportées" for "rapporteurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rapportées" vs "rapporteurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rapporteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapportées" and "rapporteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapportées vs reportées". 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 #107,662 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.