# trans

> English word · Adjective · IPA /tɹænz/ · frequency rank #3,590

## Definitions
1. In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
2. In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom.
3. Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). Doublet of très.

## Easily confused with
- **trap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trap)
- **tray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-tray)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-tres)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-tris)
- **tuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-tuan)
- **Trav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trav)
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-turns)
- **trees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trees)
- **tries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-tries)
- **trend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trend)
- **trash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trash)
- **trips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trips)
- **twins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-twins)
- **trunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trunk)
- **Trent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trent)
- **traps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-traps)
- **truss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-truss)
- **tryna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-tryna)
- **trawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trawl)
- **Trask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trans-vs-trask)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rtans`, `tarns`, `tranns`, `transs`, `trasn`, `trnas`, `trrans`, `ttrans`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trans