Which to use
“rapporter” is a verb and “rapportés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,991
- “rapporter” frequency rank
- #13,890
- “rapportés” frequency rank
- 20881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rapporter | rapportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apporter une chose, la remettre au lieu où elle était. | Masculin pluriel de rapporté. |
Same sound, different letters: rapporter vs rapportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rapporter and rapportés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rapporter and rapportés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rapporter and rapportés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rapporter is recorded at frequency rank #6,991, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɔʁ.te\. rapportés is at rank #13,890, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.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 20881, this pair ranks #365,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rapporter vs rapportés
Shared letters: aoprt. Private to "rapporter": e. Private to "rapportés": sé.
"rapporter" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "rapportés" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rapporter ← arpporter · rapoprter · raporter · rapporetr · rapporrter · rapporterr · rapportre · rapportter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rapporter" and "rapportés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rapporter" vs "rapportés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "rapporter" / "rapportés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rapporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rapportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rapporter" and "rapportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rapporta vs rapportés". 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 #365,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.