Which to use
“transport” is a noun and “transportés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,172
- “transport” frequency rank
- #15,526
- “transportés” frequency rank
- 16698
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transport | transportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de porter d’un lieu à un autre sur une certaine distance. | Masculin pluriel de transporté. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set transport and transportés apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transport is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\ while transportés is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “transport” sits inside “transportés”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16698, 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\. transportés is at rank #15,526, 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 16698, this pair ranks #386,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transport vs transportés
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transport": -. Private to "transportés": é.
"transport" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC · "transportés" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transport ← rtansport · tarnsport · trannsport · tranpsort · transoprt · transporrt · transportt · transpotr
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "transport" and "transportés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "transport" or "transportés"?
Remembering transport vs transportés
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 “transportés”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “transport” entry
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