Which to use
“transportées” and “transporteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,415
- “transportées” frequency rank
- #19,421
- “transporteurs” frequency rank
- 43836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportées | transporteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de transporté. | Masculin pluriel de transporteur. |
Where the eye mixes transportées and transporteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. transportées runs 12 letters (CCVCCCVCCVVC) against transporteurs's 13 (CCVCCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between transportées and transporteurs
A purely visual mix-up. transportées (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\) and transporteurs (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43836, 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\. transporteurs is at rank #19,421, 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 43836, this pair ranks #215,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transportées vs transporteurs
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transportées": é. Private to "transporteurs": u.
"transportées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC · "transporteurs" · 13 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporteurs ← rtansporteurs · tarnsporteurs · trannsporteurs · tranpsorteurs · transoprteurs · transporeturs · transporrteurs · transporterus
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "transportées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transporteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportées" and "transporteurs" 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 #215,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.