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.
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?
Frequency check: "transportées" vs "transporteur" - which ranks higher?
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.