Which to use
“transportés” and “transporteur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,526
- “transportés” frequency rank
- #13,081
- “transporteur” frequency rank
- 28607
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transportés | transporteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de transporté. | Qui transporte. |
Where the eye mixes transportés and transporteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. transportés 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.
Look-alike desk: transportés vs transporteur
A purely visual mix-up. transportés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transportés is recorded at frequency rank #15,526, 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 28607, this pair ranks #321,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transportés vs transporteur
Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transportés": é. Private to "transporteur": eu.
"transportés" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC · "transporteur" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporteur ← rtansporteur · tarnsporteur · trannsporteur · tranpsorteur · transoprteur · transporetur · transporrteur · transporteru
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "transportés" and "transporteur" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "transportés" or "transporteur"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "transportés" and "transporteur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "transportés" 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 #321,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transportés" and "transporteur" 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 #321,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.