transe

/\tʁɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,841

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

transe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident. Pronounced \tʁɑ̃s\. Often confused with trône and trash.

Key facts for transe
PropertyValue
Headwordtranse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,841
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for transe is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tʁɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,841 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for transe, with forms such as "rtanse", "tarnse", and "tranes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trône", "trash", "trente", and more, 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 transe, spelled T-R-A-N-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident.
  2. 2
    État particulier d’hypnose et d’angoisse où les médiums prétendent se trouver au moment où l’esprit se manifesterait en eux.
  3. 3
    Expérience d'un état extatique provoqué ou recherché par les adeptes lors des pratiques ou cérémonies des religions chamaniques ou d'origine africaine : vaudou, candomblé, santeria.
  4. 4
    Musique électronique ayant émergé en Allemagne dans les années 1990 qui permet d’atteindre un état de transe qui se caractérise par une recherche systématique de lignes mélodiques répétitives et planantes obtenues harmoniquement et par l’utilisation de filtres dont les fréquences de coupure varient dans le temps.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtanse,tarnse,tranes,trannse,transse,trasne,trnase,trranse,ttranse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transe

Misspelling Variants of "transe"

rtanse6tarnse6tranes6trannse7transse7trasne6trnase6trranse7
Misspelling Variants of "transe"

Frequency rank: #25,841 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transe"?
"transe" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s\.
What does "transe" mean?
As a noun, "transe" means: Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident.
What words are commonly confused with "transe"?
"transe" is commonly confused with "trône", "trash", "trente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transe" is \tʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transe" come from?
"transe" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.