transe
\tʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“transe” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,841 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,841
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for transe is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for transe, with forms such as "rtanse", "tarnse", and "tranes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trône", "trash", "trente", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is transe, spelled T-R-A-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident.
- 2État particulier d’hypnose et d’angoisse où les médiums prétendent se trouver au moment où l’esprit se manifesterait en eux.
- 3Expérience 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.
- 4Musique 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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtanse,tarnse,tranes,trannse,transse,trasne,trnase,trranse,ttranse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transe - 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.
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.
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Using “transe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-R-A-N-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʁɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “trône” - see the side-by-side comparison. transe vs trône
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.