transform
trans·form/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/verb, noun
transform is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M, 2 syllables: trans·form. The wrong spelling people search most is tranform: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 55 of all searches for the word. Transform is a verb meaning “To change greatly the appearance or form of”.
How many letters and syllables are in transform?
| Letters | 9: T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: trans·form |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, tranform, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell transform?
Transform is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 55 of the searches for transform in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is transform?
Transform appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 transform?
- UK /tɹænsˈfɔːm/
- UK /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːm/
- US /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
As a noun (“An operation (often an integration) that converts one…”): /ˈtɹænsfɔːm/, /ˈtɹɑːnsfɔːm/, /ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/.
Transform has 2 syllables, split trans·form in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-transform_(noun).wav, En-us-transform.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with transform?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as transform from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of transform
- transforms present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- transforming participle, present
- transformed participle, past
- xform
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transform mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- 2
To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- 3
To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- 4
To subject to the action of a transformer.
- 5
To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- 6
To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
noun
- 1
An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
- 2
A function so produced.
- 3
A transform fault.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate transform?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of transform: ELT, ETL, xform.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Transform in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | transformer , se transformer , transformée |
| German | verwandeln, transformieren , umwandeln |
| Portuguese | transformar , transformada |
| Spanish | trasformar, transformar , transformada |
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 transform come from?
From Middle English transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, transformare, from trans (“across”, preposition) + forma (“form”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).