Which to use
“transporter” is a verb and “transportés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,935
- “transporter” frequency rank
- #15,526
- “transportés” frequency rank
- 21461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transporter | transportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter d’un lieu dans un autre. | Masculin pluriel de transporté. |
Same sound, different letters: transporter vs transportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. transporter and transportés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - transporter and transportés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: transporter and transportés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transporter is recorded at frequency rank #5,935, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\. transportés is at rank #15,526, tagged as anadj, 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 21461, this pair ranks #363,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transporter vs transportés
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transporter": e. Private to "transportés": é.
"transporter" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC · "transportés" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporter ← rtansporter · tarnsporter · trannsporter · tranpsorter · transoprter · transporetr · transporrter · transporterr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transporter" for "transportés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "transporter" or "transportés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "transporter" / "transportés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "transporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "transportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,053 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transporter" and "transportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportées vs transportés". 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 #363,053 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.