Which to use
“transportée” is a noun and “transporteur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,591
- “transportée” frequency rank
- #13,081
- “transporteur” frequency rank
- 33672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportée | transporteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle à qui a été appliquée la peine de la transportation. | Qui transporte. |
Where the eye mixes transportée and transporteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. transportée runs 11 letters (CCVCCCVCCVV) against transporteur's 12 (CCVCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between transportée and transporteur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transportée is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ while transporteur is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33672, 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\. 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 33672, this pair ranks #289,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transportée vs transporteur
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transportée": é. Private to "transporteur": u.
"transportée" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVV · "transporteur" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporteur ← rtansporteur · tarnsporteur · trannsporteur · tranpsorteur · transoprteur · transporetur · transporrteur · transporteru
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "transportée" and "transporteur" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "transportée" vs "transporteur" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "transportée" and "transporteur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "transportée" 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 #289,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportée" and "transporteur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportée 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 #289,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.