Which to use
“reporté” and “ressorte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,484
- “reporté” frequency rank
- #42,581
- “ressorte” frequency rank
- 58065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reporté | ressorte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de reporter. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ressortir. |
Where the eye mixes reporté and ressorte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reporté runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against ressorte's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between reporté and ressorte
A purely visual mix-up. reporté (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and ressorte (\ʁə.sɔʁt\) 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 58065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reporté is recorded at frequency rank #15,484, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\. ressorte is at rank #42,581, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɔʁt\.
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 58065, this pair ranks #111,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reporté vs ressorte
Shared letters: eort. Private to "reporté": pé. Private to "ressorte": s.
"reporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "ressorte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ressorte ← erssorte · resorte · resosrte · ressoret · ressorrte · ressortte · ressotre · ressrote
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reporté" and "ressorte" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "reporté" vs "ressorte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ressorte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reporté" and "ressorte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ressente vs ressorte". 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 #111,247 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.