transportéevstransportéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: transportée is a noun, transportées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set transportée and transportées apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch
transportée
12 ch
transportées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

transportée#20,591
transportées#24,415

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transportée" and "transportées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transportée" is a noun and "transportées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "transportée" or "transportées"?
"transportée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,591 in our French list, against #24,415 for "transportées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering transportée vs transportées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

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