traduire

\tʁa.dɥiʁ\

/\tʁa.dɥiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“traduire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,711
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire la traduction d’un texte ou de paroles ou de tout document depuis une langue vers une autre langue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-traduire · traduire · French

traduire · rank #5,711 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,711
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Toulon

Nearest frequency peer: Toulon (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « traduire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « traduire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

traduire vs traire
75% similar
traduire vs traduit
75% similar
traduire vs traduis
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for traduire
PropertyValue
Headwordtraduire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁa.dɥiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,711
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « traduire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.traduirese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Toulon » (#5,710), « tunnel » (#5,712), « tend » (#5,709). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « traduire » est au #5,711. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around traduire (IPA \tʁa.dɥiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,711 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for traduire, with forms such as "rtaduire", "tarduire", and "tradduire". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "traire", "traduit", "traduis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is traduire, spelled T-R-A-D-U-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire la traduction d’un texte ou de paroles ou de tout document depuis une langue vers une autre langue.
  2. 2
    Transférer d’un lieu à un autre.
  3. 3
    Envoyer quelqu'un devant la justice, afin qu'il soit jugé.
  4. 4
    Expliquer ; interpréter ; exprimer.
  5. 5
    Découler d’un fait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle était illettrée, et Jacques ne pouvait lui écrire, car elle n’eût osé montrer à qui que ce soit les lettres de l’officier pour se les faire traduire.
  2. Lorsque l’interprète me traduisit le sens général du discours, je fus émerveillé.

Synonyms

translater

This word in other languages

translate(English)traducir(Español)übersetzen(Deutsch)traduzir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtaduire
  • tarduire
  • tradduire
  • tradiure
  • traduier
  • traduirre
  • tradurie
  • traudire
  • trdauire
  • trraduire
  • ttraduire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traduire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rtaduire2tarduire2tradduire1tradiure2traduier2traduirre1tradurie2traudire2
Edit distance from "traduire"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "traduire"?
"traduire" is spelled T-R-A-D-U-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁa.dɥiʁ\.
What does "traduire" mean?
As a verb, "traduire" means: Faire la traduction d’un texte ou de paroles ou de tout document depuis une langue vers une autre langue.
What words are commonly confused with "traduire"?
"traduire" is commonly confused with "traire", "traduit", "traduis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "traduire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traduire" is \tʁa.dɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traduire" come from?
"traduire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Williams#5,716repartir#5,701adresser#5,723arrivait#5,727

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

regards11 variantspolonais11 variantsoxygène11 variantsoffensive11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list