transport

\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\

/\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“transport” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,172
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transport · transport · French

transport · rank #1,172 · 15 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,172
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH seuls

Nearest frequency peer: seuls (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « transport »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « transport » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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 transposé
78% similar
transport vs transports
90% similar
transport vs transporté
90% similar

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

Key facts for transport
PropertyValue
Headwordtransport
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,172
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transport »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.transportse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « seuls » (#1,171), « vitesse » (#1,173), « professeur » (#1,170). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transport » est au #1,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around transport (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,172 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "transposé", "transports", "transporté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is transport, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance.
  2. 2
    La chose transportée, elle-même.
  3. 3
    Action d’une personne qui, par autorité de justice, se rend, se transporte sur les lieux où sont les choses sujettes à un examen, à une vérification, à une visite.
  4. 4
    Bâtiment chargé de transporter des troupes, des munitions, etc.
  5. 5
    Cession d’un droit qu’on a sur quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Mouvement passionné, élan qui nous met en quelque sorte hors de nous-mêmes.
  7. 7
    Transports en commun.
  8. 8
    Mouvement d'une molécule à travers une barrière, généralement la membrane cellulaire.

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. J’avais laissé Reykjavik, un grand village […] des poneys et une ou deux mauvaises carrioles assuraient le transport.
  2. Autre secteur où la baisse séculaire des prix favorise la production et la productivité : celui des transports.

Synonyms

charroyageroulage

This word in other languages

transport(English)transporte(Español)Transport(Deutsch)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 French 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 \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\.
What does "transport" mean?
As a noun, "transport" means: Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance.
What words are commonly confused with "transport"?
"transport" is commonly confused with "transposé", "transports", "transporté". 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 \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\. 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 French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

puissance#1,188évolution#1,196étudiants#1,217permettre#1,121

Similar misspelling depth

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

américains15 variantsimportance15 variantstraitement15 variantsutilisation15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list