Transport

[tʁansˈpɔʁt]

/[tʁansˈpɔʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Transport” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,074
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beförderung, Transportieren von Gütern, Personen, Tieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-transport · Transport · German

Transport · rank #4,074 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,074
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tourismus

Nearest frequency peer: Tourismus (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Transport“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Transport“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Transport vs Transporte
90% similar
Transport vs transports
80% similar
Transport vs transporter
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Transport
PropertyValue
HeadwordTransport
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁansˈpɔʁt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,074
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Transport“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Transportliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Tourismus“ (#4,073), „typische“ (#4,075), „Türkische“ (#4,076). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Transport“ bei #4,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Transport (IPA [tʁansˈpɔʁt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,074 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Transport, with forms such as "rtansport", "tarnsport", and "trannsport". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Transporte", "transports", "transporter", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Transport, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beförderung, Transportieren von Gütern, Personen, Tieren
  2. 2
    Menge von (gleichen) Gütern, Gruppe von Personen, Tieren, die zur gemeinsamen Beförderung zusammengestellt worden ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Transport appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Transport kam trotz Verkehrsstaus noch rechtzeitig an.
  2. „Dann kam der Transport nach Moabit, und während dieses Transportes wenigstens hatte ich zu rauchen, soviel ich wollte.“

Synonyms

Beförderung

This word in other languages

transport(English)transporte(Español)transport(Français)transporte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansport
  • tarnsport
  • trannsport
  • tranpsort
  • transoprt
  • transporrt
  • transportt
  • transpotr
  • transpport
  • transprot
  • transsport
  • trasnport
  • trnasport
  • trransport
  • ttransport

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Transport - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtansport2tarnsport2trannsport1tranpsort2transoprt2transporrt1transportt1transpotr2
Edit distance from "Transport"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Transport"?
"Transport" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁansˈpɔʁt].
What does "Transport" mean?
As a noun, "Transport" means: Beförderung, Transportieren von Gütern, Personen, Tieren
What words are commonly confused with "Transport"?
"Transport" is commonly confused with "Transporte", "transports", "transporter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Transport"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Transport" is [tʁansˈpɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Transport" come from?
"Transport" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Transport", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tourismus#4,073Türkische#4,076unbekannt#4,077Parkplatz#4,063

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

finanziert15 variantsgewünscht15 variantsversteckt15 variantsMittelalter15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list