transverso

[t̪ɾãnsˈβ̞eɾso]

/[t̪ɾãnsˈβ̞eɾso]/ adj

The verdict

“transverso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,728 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,728
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Colocado o dirigido al través.

Corpus desk

Index ES-transverso · transverso · Spanish

transverso · rank #94,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,728
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH transparenta

Nearest frequency peer: transparenta (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “transverso”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “transverso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transverso
PropertyValue
Headwordtransverso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[t̪ɾãnsˈβ̞eɾso]
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “transverso” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).transversocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “transparenta” (#94,727), “trapecios” (#94,729), “transferibles” (#94,726). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “transverso” va en #94,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transverso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,728 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t̪ɾãnsˈβ̞eɾso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Colocado o dirigido al través.".

transverso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is transverso, spelled T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Colocado o dirigido al través.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «En Levante se sabía construir y no asustaba sostener en el aire seis compartimientos de bóveda cuatripartita sobre tres arcos, uno transverso y dos longitudinales».
  2. «El defecto de sutura en la abertura del mesocolon transverso puede originar la hernia de un asa intestinal a través del orificio hacia la cavidad del epiplón mayor».

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transverso"?
"transverso" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾãnsˈβ̞eɾso].
What does "transverso" mean?
As an adjective, "transverso" means: Colocado o dirigido al través.
How do you pronounce "transverso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transverso" is [t̪ɾãnsˈβ̞eɾso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transverso" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list