Which to use
“transporteur” and “transporteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,081
- “transporteur” frequency rank
- #19,421
- “transporteurs” frequency rank
- 32502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | transporteur | transporteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui transporte. | Masculin pluriel de transporteur. |
Same sound, different letters: transporteur vs transporteurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. transporteur runs 12 letters (CCVCCCVCCVVC) against transporteurs's 13 (CCVCCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - transporteur and transporteurs
This is the hard kind. transporteur and transporteurs are pronounced identically (\tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “transporteur” sits inside “transporteurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
transporteur is recorded at frequency rank #13,081, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.pɔʁ.tœʁ\. 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 32502, this pair ranks #296,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of transporteur vs transporteurs
Shared letters: aenoprstu. Private to "transporteur": -. Private to "transporteurs": -.
"transporteur" · 12 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVC · "transporteurs" · 13 letters · shape CCVCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- transporteur ← rtansporteur · tarnsporteur · trannsporteur · tranpsorteur · transoprteur · transporetur · transporrteur · transporteru
- transporteurs ← rtansporteurs · tarnsporteurs · trannsporteurs · tranpsorteurs · transoprteurs · transporeturs · transporrteurs · transporterus
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "transporteur" for "transporteurs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "transporteur" or "transporteurs"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "transporteur" / "transporteurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "transporteur" 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 #296,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "transporteur" 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 #296,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.