transcription

/\tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,485

in French word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

transcription is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de transcrire ou résultat de cette action. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with transcriptions.

Key facts for transcription
PropertyValue
Headwordtranscription
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#13,485
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of transcription in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for transcription is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,485 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for transcription, with forms such as "rtanscription", "tarnscription", and "trancsription". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transcriptions", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is transcription, spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de transcrire ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de transcrire ou résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Action de transcrire ou résultat de cette action.
  4. 4
    Synthèse d’une molécule d’acide ribonucléique à partir d’une matrice d’acide désoxyribonucléique.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtanscription,tarnscription,trancsription,trannscription,transccription,transcirption,transcripiton,transcripption,transcriptino,transcriptionn,transcriptoin,transcripttion,transcritpion,transcrpition,transcrription,transrciption,transscription,trasncription,trnascription,trranscription,ttranscription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transcription

Misspelling Variants of "transcription"

rtanscription13tarnscription13trancsription13trannscription14transccription14transcirption13transcripiton13transcripption14
Misspelling Variants of "transcription"

Frequency rank: #13,485 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transcription"?
"transcription" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\.
What does "transcription" mean?
As a noun, "transcription" means: Action de transcrire ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "transcription"?
"transcription" is commonly confused with "transcriptions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transcription"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transcription" is \tʁɑ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transcription" come from?
"transcription" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.