transportévstransporterWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: transporté is a adjective, transporter is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#10,091
“transporté” frequency rank
#5,935
“transporter” frequency rank
16026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transporté transporter
Definition Déplacé avec un moyen de transport. Porter d’un lieu dans un autre.

Where the spellings diverge

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

10 ch
transporté
11 ch
transporter

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transporté and transporter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transporté is recorded at frequency rank #10,091, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. transporter is at rank #5,935, tagged as averb, 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 16026, this pair ranks #389,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transporté vs transporter

Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transporté": é. Private to "transporter": e.

"transporté" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCV  ·  "transporter" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transporterrtansporter · tarnsporter · trannsporter · tranpsorter · transoprter · transporetr · transporrter · transporterr

Frequency comparison

transporté#10,091
transporter#5,935

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transporté" and "transporter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transporté" is an adjective and "transporter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "transporté" or "transporter"?
"transporter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,935 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 transporté vs transporter

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “transporté”; for a verb, it's “transporter”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “transporté” 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