transcription
tran·scrip·tion/tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/noun
transcription is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 3 syllables (tran·scrip·tion). It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, transcription means “The act or process of transcribing, or converting spoken (or sometimes signed) language to the written form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of transcription is transcriptions.
How many letters and syllables are in transcription?
| Letters | 13: T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tran·scrip·tion |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is transcription?
Transcription appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 transcription?
- /tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/
Transcription has 3 syllables, split tran·scrip·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-transcription.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of transcription
- transcriptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transcription mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of transcribing, or converting spoken (or sometimes signed) language to the written form.
- 2
An adaptation of a composition.
These frame tale interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs.
- 3
A recorded radio or television programme.
- 4
A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.
- 5
obsoleteA written document.
- 6
obsoleteSynonym of copywork.
- 7
The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate transcription?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of transcription: txn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Transcription in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in linguistics:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | transcription |
| German | Transkription |
| Portuguese | transcrição |
| Spanish | transcripción |
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 transcription come from?
From Middle French transcription, or directly from Latin transcriptiōnem, from trānscrībō (“transcribe”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).