transpires

verb

"transpires" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“transpires” is uncommon English (frequency #53,307 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,307
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of transpire

Corpus desk

Index EN-transpires · transpires · English

transpires · rank #53,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,307
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH toki

Nearest frequency peer: toki (-3 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “transpires”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “transpires” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transpires
PropertyValue
Headwordtranspires
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,307
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “transpires” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).transpiresfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “toki” (#53,304), “trop” (#53,310), “Tikrit” (#53,303). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “transpires” is #53,307. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transpires is uncommon English at frequency #53,307 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of transpire".

Zero misspellings are on record for transpires in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is transpires, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of transpire

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how transpires appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. But when you look closely at exactly what transpires in these workshops, the power they continue to have is astonishing.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transpires"?
"transpires" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-I-R-E-S.
What does "transpires" mean?
As a verb, "transpires" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of transpire
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transpires", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list