Which to use
“transportées” is an adjective and “transports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,415
- “transportées” frequency rank
- #1,725
- “transports” frequency rank
- 26140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportées | transports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de transporté. | Pluriel de transport. |
Where the eye mixes transportées and transports
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. transportées runs 12 letters (CCVCCCVCCVVC) against transports's 10 (CCVCCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: transportées vs transports
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transportées is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ while transports is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26140, 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\. transports is at rank #1,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ\.
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 26140, this pair ranks #336,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transportées vs transports
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transportées": eé. Private to "transports": -.
"transportées" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC · "transports" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transports ← rtansports · tarnsports · trannsports · tranpsorts · transoprts · transporrts · transporst · transportss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transportées" for "transports" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "transportées" or "transports" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "transports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportées" and "transports" 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 #336,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.