transept

\tʁɑ̃.sɛpt\

/\tʁɑ̃.sɛpt\/ noun

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The verdict

“transept” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,310
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie transversale d’une église qui coupe à angle droit la nef. Elle donne ainsi à l’édifice religieux la forme d’une croix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transept · transept · French

transept · rank #35,310 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,310
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tierces

Nearest frequency peer: tierces (-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 « transept »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « transept » 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).

transept vs transit
75% similar
transept vs transmet
75% similar
transept vs transfert
78% similar

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

Key facts for transept
PropertyValue
Headwordtransept
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃.sɛpt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,310
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transept »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).transeptse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tierces » (#35,309), « traînant » (#35,311), « tics » (#35,308). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transept » est au #35,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around transept (IPA \tʁɑ̃.sɛpt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,310 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partie transversale d’une église qui coupe à angle droit la nef. Elle donne ainsi à l’édifice religieux la forme d’une croix.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for transept, with forms such as "rtansept", "tarnsept", and "tranespt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "transit", "transmet", "transfert", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is transept, spelled T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie transversale d’une église qui coupe à angle droit la nef. Elle donne ainsi à l’édifice religieux la forme d’une croix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette église se compose d’une nef […], et d’un transept avec abside et chapelles, datant du commencement du XIVᵉ siècle.
  2. Au XIIIᵉ siècle, on éventra les murs latéraux du chœur, comme à Laffaux (Aisne), pour établir un transept voûté d’ogives.

This word in other languages

transept(English)transepto(Español)Querschiff(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansept
  • tarnsept
  • tranespt
  • trannsept
  • transeppt
  • transeptt
  • transetp
  • transpet
  • transsept
  • trasnept
  • trnasept
  • trransept
  • ttransept

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transept - 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.

rtansept2tarnsept2tranespt2trannsept1transeppt1transeptt1transetp2transpet2
Edit distance from "transept"

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 "transept"?
"transept" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.sɛpt\.
What does "transept" mean?
As a noun, "transept" means: Partie transversale d’une église qui coupe à angle droit la nef. Elle donne ainsi à l’édifice religieux la forme d’une croix.
What words are commonly confused with "transept"?
"transept" is commonly confused with "transit", "transmet", "transfert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transept"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transept" is \tʁɑ̃.sɛpt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transept" come from?
"transept" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

traînant#35,311tribales#35,312vibrante#35,323suicidée#35,296

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

soustrait13 variantsworkshop13 variantssolvants13 variantsécartent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list