Which to use
“transporté” is an adjective and “transports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,091
- “transporté” frequency rank
- #1,725
- “transports” frequency rank
- 11816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transporté | transports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déplacé avec un moyen de transport. | Pluriel de transport. |
Where the eye mixes transporté and transports
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. transporté (CCVCCCVCCV) and transports (CCVCCCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between transporté and transports
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transporté is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ while transports is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - é in “transporté” becomes s in “transports”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11816, 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\. transports is at rank #1,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\.
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 11816, this pair ranks #407,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transporté vs transports
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transporté": é. Private to "transports": -.
"transporté" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCV · "transports" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transports ← rtansports · tarnsports · trannsports · tranpsorts · transoprts · transporrts · transporst · transportss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "transporté" and "transports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "transporté" vs "transports" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "transporté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transporté" and "transports" 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 #407,682 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.