Which to use
“transportaient” and “transportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,925
- “transportaient” frequency rank
- #23,715
- “transportent” frequency rank
- 69640
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportaient | transportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de transporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de transporter. |
Where the eye mixes transportaient and transportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. transportaient runs 14 letters (CCVCCCVCCVVVCC) against transportent's 12 (CCVCCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between transportaient and transportent
A purely visual mix-up. transportaient (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛ\) and transportent (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transportaient is recorded at frequency rank #45,925, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tɛ\. transportent is at rank #23,715, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt\.
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 69640, this pair ranks #54,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of transportaient vs transportent
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transportaient": i. Private to "transportent": -.
"transportaient" · 14 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVVCC · "transportent" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transportaient ← rtansportaient · tarnsportaient · trannsportaient · tranpsortaient · transoprtaient · transporatient · transporrtaient · transportaeint
- transportent ← rtansportent · tarnsportent · trannsportent · tranpsortent · transoprtent · transporetnt · transporrtent · transportennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transportaient" for "transportent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "transportaient" or "transportent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "transportaient" and "transportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "transportaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportaient" and "transportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportaient vs transportait". 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 #54,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.