retranscrire
\ʁət.ʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\
The verdict
“retranscrire” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,040
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Transcrire de nouveau.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retranscrire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁət.ʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #37,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retranscrire” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around retranscrire (IPA \ʁət.ʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,040 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Transcrire de nouveau.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for retranscrire, with forms such as "ertranscrire", "rertanscrire", and "retarnscrire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "retranscrit", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is retranscrire, spelled R-E-T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Transcrire de nouveau.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ertranscrire,rertanscrire,retarnscrire,retrancsrire,retrannscrire,retransccrire,retranscirre,retranscrier,retranscrirre,retranscrrie,retranscrrire,retransrcire,retransscrire,retrasncrire,retrnascrire,retrranscrire,rettranscrire,rretranscrire,rteranscrire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retranscrire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “retranscrire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁət.ʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “retranscrit” - see the side-by-side comparison. retranscrire vs retranscrit
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.