transcendantal

\tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃.tal\

/\tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃.tal\/ adj

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The verdict

“transcendantal” is uncommon French (frequency #84,386 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,386
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est purement rationnel sans être phénoménal, de ce qui se fonde sur des données supérieures aux impressions des sens, sur des données a priori ; qui porte sur les conditions de possibilité de l...

Corpus desk

Index FR-transcendantal · transcendantal · French

transcendantal · rank #84,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,386
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trancha

Nearest frequency peer: trancha (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « transcendantal »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « transcendantal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for transcendantal
PropertyValue
Headwordtranscendantal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃.tal\
Letters14
Frequency rank#84,386
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « transcendantal » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).transcendantaltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « trancha » (#84,385), « transcrites » (#84,387), « tractage » (#84,384). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transcendantal » est au #84,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

transcendantal is uncommon French at frequency #84,386 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

transcendantal has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is transcendantal, spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est purement rationnel sans être phénoménal, de ce qui se fonde sur des données supérieures aux impressions des sens, sur des données a priori ; qui porte sur les conditions de possibilité de la chose plutôt que sur la chose elle-même.
  2. 2
    Énorme, extraordinaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’y a donc pas là un bien public pareil à d’autres, mais un bien qui conditionne la possibilité de tous les autres, naturels ou sociaux, public ou privés. C’est d’ailleurs pourquoi nous parlons d’un dommage transcendantal.
  2. Quand il y a deux caméléons à la même corde, le spectacle devient d’une bouffonnerie transcendantale.

This word in other languages

transcendental(English)trascendental(Español)transzendental(Deutsch)

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 "transcendantal"?
"transcendantal" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃.tal\.
What does "transcendantal" mean?
As an adjective, "transcendantal" means: Qui est purement rationnel sans être phénoménal, de ce qui se fonde sur des données supérieures aux impressions des sens, sur des données a priori ; qui porte sur les conditions de possibilité de l...
How do you pronounce "transcendantal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transcendantal" is \tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transcendantal" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list