Which to use
“transporté” and “transporteur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,091
- “transporté” frequency rank
- #13,081
- “transporteur” frequency rank
- 23172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transporté | transporteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déplacé avec un moyen de transport. | Qui transporte. |
Where the eye mixes transporté and transporteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. transporté runs 10 letters (CCVCCCVCCV) against transporteur's 12 (CCVCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses transporté with transporteur
A purely visual mix-up. transporté (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\) and transporteur (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\) 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 23172, 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\. transporteur is at rank #13,081, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\.
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 23172, this pair ranks #353,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transporté vs transporteur
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transporté": é. Private to "transporteur": eu.
"transporté" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCV · "transporteur" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporteur ← rtansporteur · tarnsporteur · trannsporteur · tranpsorteur · transoprteur · transporetur · transporrteur · transporteru
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "transporté" and "transporteur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "transporté" or "transporteur" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "transporté" and "transporteur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "transporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transporteur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transporté" and "transporteur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transporté 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 #353,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.