transits
\tʁɑ̃.zit\
The verdict
“transits” is uncommon French (frequency #87,219 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,219
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Pluriel de transit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-transits · transits · French
transits · rank #87,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,219
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH toutim
Nearest frequency peer: toutim (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “transits”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- torn
torn
12,787 corpus weight
- tourneraient
tourneraient
12,784 corpus weight
- toutim
toutim
12,783 corpus weight
- transits
transits
12,782 corpus weight
- transposées
transposées
12,781 corpus weight
- trilles
trilles
12,778 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “transits” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transits |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɑ̃.zit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transits” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
transits is uncommon French at frequency #87,219 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.zit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de transit.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for transits, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is transits, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de transit.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.