Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "transportés" vs "transporteurs" - which ranks higher?
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.