reportévsressorteConfusable pair

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.

7 ch
reporté
8 ch
ressorte

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": . Private to "ressorte": s.

"reporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "ressorte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ressorteerssorte · resorte · resosrte · ressoret · ressorrte · ressortte · ressotre · ressrote

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reporté" and "ressorte" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\ versus \ʁə.sɔʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reporté" vs "ressorte" - which ranks higher?
"reporté" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,484 in our French list, against #42,581 for "ressorte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list