transfiguration

\tʁɑ̃s.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃s.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“transfiguration” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,233
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de transfigurer

Corpus desk

Index FR-transfiguration · transfiguration · French

transfiguration · rank #44,233 · 23 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,233
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 23 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transmettra

Nearest frequency peer: transmettra (+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 « transfiguration »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « transfiguration » 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
Key facts for transfiguration
PropertyValue
Headwordtransfiguration
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#44,233
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transfiguration »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.transfigurationse 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 « transmettra » (#44,234), « transportation » (#44,235), « tournis » (#44,230). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transfiguration » est au #44,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around transfiguration (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,233 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for transfiguration, with forms such as "rtansfiguration", "tarnsfiguration", and "tranfsiguration". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 transfiguration, spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-I-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de transfigurer
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    État glorieux où Jésus-Christ parut sur le mont Thabor.
  4. 4
    Représentation de cette scène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfant, dans ce geste que je fais, délibéré, j’en suis persuadée, je ne regarde ni Bacon, ni Miró, ni Rembrandt, ni Velásquez, ni Dürer, ni Dalí, je choisis Goya et ses Désastres de la guerre, je prends avec moi l’unique lumière d’une génération à l’autre : celle de l’art, son échappée possible comme seul chemin de transfiguration d’une réalité qui ne tro…
  2. Et aussitôt tout son visage s’éclairait comme une campagne grise, couverte de nuages qui soudain s’écartent, pour sa transfiguration, au moment du soleil couchant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansfiguration
  • tarnsfiguration
  • tranfsiguration
  • trannsfiguration
  • transffiguration
  • transfgiuration
  • transfigguration
  • transfigruation
  • transfiguartion
  • transfiguraiton
  • transfiguratino
  • transfigurationn
  • transfiguratoin
  • transfigurattion
  • transfigurration
  • transfigurtaion
  • transfiugration
  • transifguration
  • transsfiguration
  • trasnfiguration
  • trnasfiguration
  • trransfiguration
  • ttransfiguration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtansfiguration2tarnsfiguration2tranfsiguration2trannsfiguration1transffiguration1transfgiuration2transfigguration1transfigruation2
Edit distance from "transfiguration"

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 "transfiguration"?
"transfiguration" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-I-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "transfiguration" mean?
As a noun, "transfiguration" means: Action de transfigurer
What are common misspellings of "transfiguration"?
Common misspellings include "rtansfiguration", "tarnsfiguration", "tranfsiguration", "trannsfiguration", "transffiguration". The correct spelling is "transfiguration".
How do you pronounce "transfiguration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transfiguration" is \tʁɑ̃s.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transfiguration" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list