Which to use
“transportait” and “transportent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,842
- “transportait” frequency rank
- #23,715
- “transportent” frequency rank
- 49557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportait | transportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de transporter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de transporter. |
Where the eye mixes transportait and transportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. transportait (CCVCCCVCCVVC) and transportent (CCVCCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between transportait and transportent
A purely visual mix-up. transportait (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transportait is recorded at frequency rank #25,842, 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 49557, this pair ranks #169,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transportait vs transportent
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transportait": i. Private to "transportent": e.
"transportait" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC · "transportent" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transportait ← rtansportait · tarnsportait · trannsportait · tranpsortait · transoprtait · transporatit · transporrtait · transportaitt
- transportent ← rtansportent · tarnsportent · trannsportent · tranpsortent · transoprtent · transporetnt · transporrtent · transportennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "transportait" and "transportent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "transportait" or "transportent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "transportait" and "transportent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "transportait" 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 #169,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportait" 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 #169,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.