Which to use
“transportées” is an adjective and “transportent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,415
- “transportées” frequency rank
- #23,715
- “transportent” frequency rank
- 48130
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportées | transportent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de transporté. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de transporter. |
Where the eye mixes transportées and transportent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. transportées (CCVCCCVCCVVC) and transportent (CCVCCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: transportées vs transportent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transportées is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ while transportent is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transportées is recorded at frequency rank #24,415, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. transportent is at rank #23,715, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁt\.
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 48130, this pair ranks #181,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transportées vs transportent
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transportées": é. Private to "transportent": -.
"transportées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC · "transportent" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transportent ← rtansportent · tarnsportent · trannsportent · tranpsortent · transoprtent · transporetnt · transporrtent · transportennt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transportées" for "transportent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "transportées" or "transportent"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "transportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transportent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportées" and "transportent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportaient vs transportent". 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 #181,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.