Which to use
“transporter” is a verb and “transporteur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,935
- “transporter” frequency rank
- #13,081
- “transporteur” frequency rank
- 19016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transporter | transporteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porter d’un lieu dans un autre. | Qui transporte. |
Where the eye mixes transporter and transporteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. transporter runs 11 letters (CCVCCCVCCVC) against transporteur's 12 (CCVCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between transporter and transporteur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: transporter is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ while transporteur is \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19016, 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\. 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 19016, this pair ranks #375,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of transporter vs transporteur
Shared letters: aenoprst. Private to "transporter": -. Private to "transporteur": u.
"transporter" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC · "transporteur" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporter ← rtansporter · tarnsporter · trannsporter · tranpsorter · transoprter · transporetr · transporrter · transporterr
- transporteur ← rtansporteur · tarnsporteur · trannsporteur · tranpsorteur · transoprteur · transporetur · transporrteur · transporteru
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transporter" for "transporteur" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "transporter" or "transporteur" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "transporter" and "transporteur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "transporter" 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 #375,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transporter" and "transporteur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportées vs transporteur". 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 #375,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.