transport
\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\
The verdict
“transport” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,172 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,172
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transport |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transport” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for transport is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,172 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance.
- 2La chose transportée, elle-même.
- 3Action 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.
- 4Bâtiment chargé de transporter des troupes, des munitions, etc.
- 5Cession d’un droit qu’on a sur quelque chose.
- 6Mouvement passionné, élan qui nous met en quelque sorte hors de nous-mêmes.
- 7Transports en commun.
- 8Mouvement d'une molécule à travers une barrière, généralement la membrane cellulaire.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “transport”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-N-S-P-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “transposé” - see the side-by-side comparison. transport vs transposé
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.