transportéesvstransporterWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: transportées is a adjective, transporter is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“transportées” is an adjective and “transporter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,415
“transportées” frequency rank
#5,935
“transporter” frequency rank
30350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transportées transporter
Definition Féminin pluriel de transporté. Porter d’un lieu dans un autre.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set transportées and transporter apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

12 ch
transportées
11 ch
transporter

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transportées and transporter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30350, 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\. transporter is at rank #5,935, tagged as averb, 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 30350, this pair ranks #310,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of transportées vs transporter

Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transportées": é. Private to "transporter": -.

"transportées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC  ·  "transporter" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transporterrtansporter · tarnsporter · trannsporter · tranpsorter · transoprter · transporetr · transporrter · transporterr

Frequency comparison

transportées#24,415
transporter#5,935

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transportées" and "transporter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transportées" is an adjective and "transporter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "transportées" or "transporter"?
"transporter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,935 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 transportées vs transporter

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

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