transe

\tʁɑ̃s\

/\tʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“transe” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,841
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frayeur, angoisse très vive, appréhension d’un malheur, d’un accident.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transe · transe · French

transe · rank #25,841 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,841
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trafiquant

Nearest frequency peer: trafiquant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « transe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « transe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

transe vs trône
67% similar
transe vs trash
67% similar
transe vs trente
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.transese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « trafiquant » (#25,840), « transportait » (#25,842), « tolérant » (#25,839). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transe » est au #25,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around transe (IPA \tʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,841 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sauvée par ce hasard, elle était restée blottie ainsi une heure, dans des transes impossibles à exprimer.
  2. On appelle maintenant Derbo, le grand ministre de Mamma. Celui-là fait quelques difficultés pour accepter son incarnation. […]. La Codia scrute les visages, espère les signes avant-coureurs de la transe magique.

This word in other languages

trance(English)trance(Español)Trance(Deutsch)transe(Português)

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.

rtanse2tarnse2tranes2trannse1transse1trasne2trnase2trranse1
Edit distance from "transe"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tricot#25,843Tobias#25,838tapage#25,833Tanguy#25,832

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

tabassé9 variantsérudits9 variantssparte9 variantssceller9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list