Which to use
“transport” and “transportée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,172
- “transport” frequency rank
- #20,591
- “transportée” frequency rank
- 21763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transport | transportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance. | Celle à qui a été appliquée la peine de la transportation. |
Where the eye mixes transport and transportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. transport runs 9 letters (CCVCCCVCC) against transportée's 11 (CCVCCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses transport with transportée
A purely visual mix-up. transport (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\) and transportée (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “transport” sits inside “transportée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21763, 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\. transportée is at rank #20,591, tagged as anoun, 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 21763, this pair ranks #361,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transport vs transportée
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transport": -. Private to "transportée": eé.
"transport" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC · "transportée" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- transport ← rtansport · tarnsport · trannsport · tranpsort · transoprt · transporrt · transportt · transpotr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "transport" and "transportée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "transport" vs "transportée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "transport" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transport" and "transportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportée vs transposée". 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 #361,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.