transcrire

/\tʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,624

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

transcrire is aFrenchverb. It means: Copier un écrit. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\. Often confused with transcrit.

Key facts for transcrire
PropertyValue
Headwordtranscrire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#36,624
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for transcrire is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,624 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 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for transcrire, with forms such as "rtanscrire", "tarnscrire", and "trancsrire". 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, "transcrit", 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 transcrire, spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Copier un écrit.
  2. 2
    Noter de la musique pour un instrument autre que celui pour lequel elle a été écrite.
  3. 3
    Opération qui consiste à substituer à chaque phonème (on parle alors de transcription phonologique) ou à chaque son (transcription phonétique) d’une langue un graphème ou un groupe de graphèmes d’un système d’écriture.
  4. 4
    Actions conjointes de divers mécanismes biologiques, aboutissant en une copie modifiée et simplifiée de l'ADN en ARN.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtanscrire,tarnscrire,trancsrire,trannscrire,transccrire,transcirre,transcrier,transcrirre,transcrrie,transcrrire,transrcire,transscrire,trasncrire,trnascrire,trranscrire,ttranscrire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transcrire

Misspelling Variants of "transcrire"

rtanscrire10tarnscrire10trancsrire10trannscrire11transccrire11transcirre10transcrier10transcrirre11
Misspelling Variants of "transcrire"

Frequency rank: #36,624 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transcrire"?
"transcrire" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-R-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\.
What does "transcrire" mean?
As a verb, "transcrire" means: Copier un écrit.
What words are commonly confused with "transcrire"?
"transcrire" is commonly confused with "transcrit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transcrire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transcrire" is \tʁɑ̃s.kʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transcrire" come from?
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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.