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UK /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/noun

transcript is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, transcript means “Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of transcript is transcripts.

How many letters and syllables are in transcript?

Letters10: T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is transcript?

Transcript appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce transcript?

  • UK /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/
  • British /ˈtɹan.skɹɪpt/
  • [ˈtʃɹʷanskɹʷɪp̚t]

Transcript has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-transcript.opus, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of transcript

  • transcripts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • transcripting participle, present
  • transcripted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does transcript mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.

  2. 2

    A copy of any kind; an imitation.

  3. 3

    A written version of what was said orally

    the transcript of a trial

  4. 4

    A molecule of RNA produced by transcription.

  5. 5

    An official certified record of a student's academic performance throughtout their course of study, including all courses taken and grades received.

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleterareTo write a transcript; to transcribe.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate transcript?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of transcript: TS.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Transcript in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanAbschrift, Transkript (something which has been transcribed), Protokoll, Mitschrift (written version of what was said orally), Studienbuch, Studienakten (inventory of courses and grades)
Spanishtranscripción (something which has been transcribed), expediente / historial / transcript académico (inventory of courses and grades), trasunto (copy of any kind; an imitation), transcrito, transcripto (molecule of RNA produced by transcription)
Frenchtranscription (written version of what was said orally), relevé de notes (inventory of courses and grades), transcrit (molecule of RNA produced by transcription)
Portuguesetranscrito (molecule of RNA produced by transcription)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does transcript come from?

From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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