transportvstransportéWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: transport is a noun, transporté is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“transport” is a noun and “transporté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,172
“transport” frequency rank
#10,091
“transporté” frequency rank
11263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transport transporté
Definition Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance. Déplacé avec un moyen de transport.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set transport and transporté apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
transport
10 ch
transporté

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transport is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\ while transporté is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “transport” sits inside “transporté”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transport is recorded at frequency rank #1,172, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\. transporté is at rank #10,091, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\.

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 11263, this pair ranks #409,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transport vs transporté

Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transport": -. Private to "transporté": é.

"transport" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC  ·  "transporté" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transportrtansport · tarnsport · trannsport · tranpsort · transoprt · transporrt · transportt · transpotr

Frequency comparison

transport#1,172
transporté#10,091

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transport" and "transporté" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transport" is a noun and "transporté" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "transport" or "transporté"?
"transport" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,172 in our French list, against #10,091 for "transporté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering transport vs transporté

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “transport”; for an adjective, it's “transporté”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “transport” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list