transfuge

\tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ\

/\tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“transfuge” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,355
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui, à la guerre, abandonne les troupes dont il fait partie pour passer à l’ennemi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-transfuge · transfuge · French

transfuge · rank #45,355 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,355
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transformait

Nearest frequency peer: transformait (-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 « transfuge »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « transfuge » 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).

transfuge vs transféré
67% similar

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

Key facts for transfuge
PropertyValue
Headwordtransfuge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,355
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « transfuge »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).transfugese 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 « transformait » (#45,354), « transphobie » (#45,356), « tranchés » (#45,353). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « transfuge » est au #45,355. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around transfuge (IPA \tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,355 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for transfuge, with forms such as "rtansfuge", "tarnsfuge", and "tranfsuge". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "transféré", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is transfuge, spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-U-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui, à la guerre, abandonne les troupes dont il fait partie pour passer à l’ennemi.
  2. 2
    Personne qui fuit.
  3. 3
    Quiconque abandonne son parti pour passer dans le parti contraire.
  4. 4
    Défecteur qui livre des secrets et renseignement à celui qui était auparavant son ennemi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce n’était pas la première fois qu’un officier des troupes auxiliaires se retournait contre l’Empire. Bien sûr, ces transfuges étaient particulièrement dangereux parce qu’ils connaissaient de l’intérieur l’armée contre laquelle ils se battaient.
  2. Le transfuge a traversé la frontière maritime en mer Jaune, alors que la plupart de ceux qui fuient la Corée du Nord passent d’abord par la Chine voisine, puis par un pays tiers comme la Thaïlande, avant de rejoindre la Corée du Sud.

Synonyms

défecteurdéserteurtraître

This word in other languages

defector(English)Überläufer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtansfuge
  • tarnsfuge
  • tranfsuge
  • trannsfuge
  • transffuge
  • transfgue
  • transfueg
  • transfugge
  • transsfuge
  • transufge
  • trasnfuge
  • trnasfuge
  • trransfuge
  • ttransfuge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rtansfuge2tarnsfuge2tranfsuge2trannsfuge1transffuge1transfgue2transfueg2transfugge1
Edit distance from "transfuge"

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 "transfuge"?
"transfuge" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-U-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ\.
What does "transfuge" mean?
As a noun, "transfuge" means: Celui qui, à la guerre, abandonne les troupes dont il fait partie pour passer à l’ennemi.
What words are commonly confused with "transfuge"?
"transfuge" is commonly confused with "transféré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transfuge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transfuge" is \tʁɑ̃s.fyʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transfuge" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

traversez#45,358Thrombose#45,347symbolisé#45,337supplanté#45,333

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

tranchés14 variantsuninominal14 variantssubmerger14 variantssporadique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list