transportéesvstransporteurConfusable pair

Which to use

“transportées” and “transporteur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,415
“transportées” frequency rank
#13,081
“transporteur” frequency rank
37496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transportées transporteur
Definition Féminin pluriel de transporté. Qui transporte.

Where the eye mixes transportées and transporteur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. transportées and transporteur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
transportées
12 ch
transporteur

Visual trap between transportées and transporteur

A purely visual mix-up. transportées (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\) and transporteur (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37496, 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\. 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 37496, this pair ranks #262,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of transportées vs transporteur

Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transportées": é. Private to "transporteur": u.

"transportées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC  ·  "transporteur" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transporteur ← rtansporteur · tarnsporteur · trannsporteur · tranpsorteur · transoprteur · transporetur · transporrteur · transporteru

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "transportées" and "transporteur" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ versus \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "transportées" vs "transporteur" - which ranks higher?
"transporteur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,081 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.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transportées" 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 #262,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transportées" and "transporteur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportées 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 #262,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list