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“transportés” and “transporteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,526
“transportés” frequency rank
#19,421
“transporteurs” frequency rank
34947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transportés transporteurs
Definition Masculin pluriel de transporté. Masculin pluriel de transporteur.

Where the eye mixes transportés and transporteurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. transportés runs 11 letters (CCVCCCVCCVC) against transporteurs's 13 (CCVCCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
transportés
13 ch
transporteurs

Look-alike desk: transportés vs transporteurs

A purely visual mix-up. transportés (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34947, 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\. 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 34947, this pair ranks #280,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of transportés vs transporteurs

Shared letters: anoprst. Private to "transportés": é. Private to "transporteurs": eu.

"transportés" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVC  ·  "transporteurs" · 13 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transporteurs ← rtansporteurs · tarnsporteurs · trannsporteurs · tranpsorteurs · transoprteurs · transporeturs · transporrteurs · transporterus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "transportés" for "transporteurs" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.te\ versus \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "transportés" vs "transporteurs" - which ranks higher?
"transportés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,526 in our French list, against #19,421 for "transporteurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transportés" 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 #280,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transportés" and "transporteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "transportées vs transporteurs". 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 #280,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list