Which to use
“transportée” is a noun and “transportées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,591
- “transportée” frequency rank
- #24,415
- “transportées” frequency rank
- 45006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportée | transportées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle à qui a été appliquée la peine de la transportation. | Féminin pluriel de transporté. |
Same sound, different letters: transportée vs transportées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. transportée runs 11 letters (CCVCCCVCCVV) against transportées's 12 (CCVCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - transportée / transportées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transportée and transportées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “transportée” sits inside “transportées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transportée is recorded at frequency rank #20,591, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. transportées is at rank #24,415, tagged as anadj, 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 45006, this pair ranks #206,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transportée vs transportées
Shared letters: aenoprsté. Private to "transportée": -. Private to "transportées": -.
"transportée" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVV · "transportées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "transportée" and "transportées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "transportée" or "transportées"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "transportée" / "transportées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "transportée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportée" and "transportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportée vs transposée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #206,128 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.